What is recorded here
Farranfad Fort stands in County Down as a marked rath from the early Christian period. Its earthworks still outline a place where people lived, defended or gathered before written memory reached them. The name preserves the shape of a lost local world, while the ground keeps the fact that humans shaped it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH: FARRANFAD 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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