What is recorded here
Kilcross still carries a hidden ring, a circle drawn in earth long before written history. A rath is not a fantasy; it is a boundary, a shelter, a claim that people lived there and shaped the land. The name survives while the shape fades, which is why the place feels both ordinary and absent.
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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