What is recorded here
Banker's Fort still stands in Demoan, County Armagh, a rath shaped like a fortified bank rather than a common mound. It belongs to the early Christian period, when local people built visible boundaries around land, herds and memory. The name suggests a banker or trusted keeper once lived there, perhaps watching roads, lending grain or protecting neighbours through hard winters.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH: BANKER'S FORT. 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
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