What is recorded here
Loughkeelan holds a raised rath, an earthwork built by human hands during the Christian era. Its ridge still breaks the County Down landscape, marking a place where people lived, defended or gathered before written memory arrived. The land preserved the shape even when the names and events faded, inviting imagination to complete what facts no longer record.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RAISED RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. 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
ENCLOSURE in BallymenaghENCLOSURE · 1550 yd
St Patrick's WayWalking route · 1.0 mi
Cargagh ChapelChurch · 1.1 mi
MEDIEVAL CHURCH (in ruins): CAPPEL-NA-COOLE in BallyorganMEDIEVAL CHURCH (in ruins): CAPPEL-NA-COOLE · 1.5 mi
Enclosure (Rath?) in Ballyculter LowerEnclosure (Rath?) · 1.6 mi
BAWN (unlocated) in Bishops CourtBAWN (unlocated) · 1.6 mi
CASTLE (unlocated) in Bishops CourtCASTLE (unlocated) · 1.6 mi
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYCULTER, CHRISTCHURCH in Ballyculter UpperCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYCULTER, CHRISTCHURCH · 1.7 mi
St Patrick's StatueMemorial · 2.1 mi
Strangford Holiday Park Picnic AreaPicnic place · 2.6 mi
Kilclief BeachBeach / strand · 2.6 mi
Castle Ward ForestForest · 2.7 mi