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RATH in Glaskermore

RATH

What is recorded here

RATH in Glaskermore, County Down, is an earthwork from the E.CHRIST.. period, still visible beneath the grass. Children may have chased dogs through its hollow or adults may have measured shadows there before roads covered the edge. The land remembers shape even when people forget names.
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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What survives
Recorded monument

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