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RATH in Beagh (temporal)

RATH

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.

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