What is recorded here

MOUND: POSSIBLE RAISED RATH or MOTTE in Fernagh, County Antrim, Ireland is a scheduled archaeological site dating from the E.CHRIST. to MEDIEVAL period. Whether a Irish rath or an Anglo-Norman motte, the mound still stands as a chamber of forgotten decisions. People may have climbed it to watch the land, judge neighbours or simply belong somewhere visible.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOUND: POSSIBLE RAISED RATH or MOTTE. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Possible raised rath or medieval motte; significance lies in its potential to reflect early Christian or medieval defensive or elite settlement in the Fernagh area.

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