What is recorded here
Melted ice and human hands built the Dunnyneill Islands, but the rath still stands above them. It is no longer a boundary for people because the sea took the land around it. The stones remain marked in the public record, preserving the shape of a room that no longer has a door.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RAISED RATH. Recorded period: MESO/NEOL; E.CHRIST.; C12TH; C13TH; C14TH. 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
Places near here
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Net Walk & Shore LoneyWalking route · 1.1 mi
Long PointHeadland · 1.3 mi
Killyleagh Parish ChurchChurch · 1.4 mi
North PointHeadland · 1.5 mi
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Dufferin ArmsPublic House · 1.5 mi
KILLYLEAGH CASTLEKILLYLEAGH CASTLE, multiperiod castle on site of Motte · 1.6 mi
ShrigleyVisitor information · 1.8 mi
CASTLE, possibly Tower-House in RingdufferinCASTLE, possibly Tower-House · 1.9 mi
CAIRN in AudleystownCAIRN · 2.3 mi