What is recorded here
RATH in Craigs, County Antrim, Ireland, is an earthwork from the E.CHRIST.. period. The name itself is a claim: a fenced place, a boundary drawn in soil rather than stone. Under that thin definition lives a whole region of human thought. People measured distance, owned land, excluded others and marked the edge of the known world. The earthwork is no longer a trivial detail. It is a boundary made visible, and boundaries are where identity begins.
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
Places near here
ENCLOSURE (rath) in CraigsENCLOSURE (rath) · 653 yd
SQUARE ENCLOSURE (O.S. memoir site; unlocatedSQUARE ENCLOSURE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated, prob. duplicate of ANT 22:22) · 949 yd
Long MountainMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Kilrea BridgeBridge · 4.2 mi
Ballylough Big HillMountain / peak · 4.4 mi
Locks PortnaCanal Structure · 4.5 mi
Moneygran WoodWood · 4.6 mi
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND in KilreaCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND · 5.0 mi
CASTLE in Town Parks (ballymoney)CASTLE · 5.2 mi
CASTLE & possible Man-made underground passage in KilraghtsCASTLE & possible Man-made underground passage · 5.2 mi
Ballymoney MuseumMuseum · 5.5 mi
Big Gortgole ForestForest · 7.5 mi