What is recorded here

Mnemo lists PLATFORM RATH REUSED AS TREE RING in Lisnabreeny as a platform rath reused as a tree ring. The name itself presents the answer: a human-made ring was abandoned, broken or forgotten, then a living tree took the same shape and continued the work of exclusion, memory and marking. People may have built the first circle to keep out danger or claim ownership. The tree may have taken the same role without understanding the request, which is why ancient borders often become natural ones.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLATFORM RATH REUSED AS TREE RING. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MODERN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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