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RATH: BANKER'S FORT in Demoan

RATH: BANKER'S FORT

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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.

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