What is recorded here
Drumnasoo holds a rath, an ancient fortified place marked on the official map and protected as a scheduled site. The stones and earth may have served people long before written records reached that part of County Armagh. A rath is not a passive shape; it is a boundary drawn around life, possibly marking a home, a stronghold or a sacred limit.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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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