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RATH: CROMIE'S FORT in Skeagh

RATH: CROMIE'S FORT

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Cromie's Fort stands as a scheduled rath in Skeagh, County Down, preserving an earthwork from the early Christian period. The name suggests a person called Cromie may have lived there, though no written account survives to confirm it. A fort is a boundary drawn in soil, and boundaries require someone strong enough to hold them against the rain, the road and forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH: CROMIE'S FORT. 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.

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