What is recorded here
Multivallate rath and Quaker graveyard in Dunglady, County Derry. Early Christian period. Scheduled protection. Several defensive banks would have circled the fort like nested rings, making entry deliberate and exit memorable. Burials beside such a place suggest people lived, argued, worshipped and died across centuries in the same soil.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTIVALLATE RATH & QUAKER GRAVEYARD: DUNGLADY FORT. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Multivallate rath, dating to the Early Christian period. The site is significant as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, indicating its archaeological and historical importance, though specific details about its wider context remain limited.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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