What is recorded here

Ballycowan holds a rath and underground passage built by human hands, preserved as a scheduled archaeological site in County Antrim. The passage may have served trade, ritual or refuge, while the rath marked residence, defense or ceremony. Together they reveal a settled landscape where people shaped stone, soil and memory before modern records named the place.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH AND Man-made underground passage. 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.