What is recorded here
Raised rath in Ballymaconnelly, County Antrim: an earthen ring above the land, recorded for early Christian times and still protected as a scheduled site. The hill may have been a boundary, a home or a warning, but its shape remains visible when most human traces fade.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RAISED RATH. 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.
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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