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PLATFORM RATH in Moynaghan South

PLATFORM RATH

What is recorded here

Mortars and muscles built a tall wooden stage above the Fermanagh mud, lifting people and perhaps gods above the ordinary world. Height was the whole ceremony: more light, further reach, and a view that suggested the heavens leaned closer when humans stood taller. The platform may have served festivals, warnings or worship, but distance and elevation remain its clearest speech.
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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