What is recorded here
Kilvillis is a place where the boundary between human and divine becomes a living contradiction. You are not small before god, you are not clever enough to resist god, you are the shape in which god becomes visible. The chamber is not a room, it is a claim. RATH is not a building, it is a trap for ego. That is why the chamber feels dangerous, not holy.
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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