What is recorded here
Motte-and-bailey and platform rath in Rathenraw, County Antrim, Ireland. The distinction matters: a mound and enclosure, or a flat defended platform, change what the builders intended. End of example.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLATFORM RATH reused as MOTTE AND BAILEY. 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.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Muckamore BridgeBridge · 1.2 mi
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2009 Massereene Barracks shootingterrorist attack · 1.9 mi
Rea's WoodWood · 2.2 mi
CarnearnyMountain / peak · 3.3 mi
Antrim BayBay · 3.3 mi
Tardree ForestForest · 3.3 mi