What is recorded here
One platform rose above the Antrim field, lifting a life or a dead body above the ordinary soil. men built that height because they believed something worth seeing should not hide inside the earth. The platform is gone, but the choice remains visible in the name: make the difference large enough for everyone to notice.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLATFORM RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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