What is recorded here
RATH in Beagh is an ancient fortified site in County Derry, preserved only as a point on an official map rather than a named home. The name resists explanation, but the shape suggests people lived there, defended there, and disappeared into the soil. What is missing is not a failure of record; it is a invitation to imagine the hands that built it and the lives that vanished without trace.
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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