What is recorded here
RATH in Ballyleny, County Down, is an ancient earthwork, not a modern building or a invented legend. The name and kind are clear even when the story is not. A rattling stone, a hidden door or a forgotten owner may have lived there before the place lost its shape. What is left is a marker for human pride, not a warning to skip the unknown.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH. 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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