What is recorded here
RATH in Greenan is an ancient fort in County Antrim, not a modern invention or a forgotten myth. The name itself declares the purpose: a defended place where people lived, watched the land and kept what they valued. Everything else is absent from the supplied facts, so the story must stop at that visible identity rather than invent deeds, dates or occupants.
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
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