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RATH in Gortahurk West

RATH

What is recorded here

Mortons and the Gortahurk West landscape still carry the shape of a rath, though no visible mound remains in the open field. That absence makes the place harder to dismiss, because a rath is not a decorative hill; it is a boundary drawn in earth, stone or memory. The name preserves the shape of human claim, while the lost structure withdraws from sight.
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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