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PLATFORM? RATH in Ballymacilhoyle

PLATFORM? RATH

What is recorded here

In Ballymacilhoyle, a platform rath still holds its shape among the grass. Whether it was a home, a boundary marker, or a place of gathering, the stones and soil remember hands that built it. The uncertainty in its name is not a flaw. It is an invitation to listen for what the platform was doing before it lost its words.
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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