What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as LARGE EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: THE DORSEY ENTRENCHMENT. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; IRON AGE. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
A large earthwork enclosure, likely an early-medieval ringfort or rath, known locally as The Dorsy Entrenchment; it is scheduled for protection and traditionally associated with defensive or ceremonial use, though specific folklore is not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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