What is recorded here
RATH in Ballynanaghten is an earthwork in County Antrim, not a hidden chamber or a deleted name. A rath is a rath: a boundary made of soil, built to keep out rain, wolves, neighbours and forgetfulness. The flat map reduces it to a point, but a point is only what remains when the circle is overheard.
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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