What is recorded here
Mortons Field, Ballyronan, County Derry. E.CHRIST.. Rath means a fortified place, often a ringfort or earthwork. People built raths to keep livestock, family and belief inside one defensible line. The land may still hide that shape beneath grass, farm traffic or forgotten boundary stones.
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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