Discover Alone, back to main map

ENCLOSURE

ENCLOSURE, rath?

What is recorded here

ENCLOSURE is a system of seizing shared land and denying people access to it. In County Down, that system may have closed fields once open to neighbours, turning common life into private property. The injustice is clear: strength took what belonging gave.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ENCLOSURE - rath?. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places