What is recorded here
Gransha MOUND stands as a raised rath in County Down, preserved beneath a scheduled shield since early Christian times. Its earthwork still marks the landscape, perhaps enclosing a home, a shrine or a boundary now forgotten. The mound may have risen from human labour, belief or fear, shaping the land before written memory arrived.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RAISED RATH: GRANSHA MOUND. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
A raised rath, dating to the Early Christian period. It is a scheduled monument, indicating its archaeological importance, though specific details about its wider significance are limited.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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