What is recorded here
Knockcairn in County Antrim holds a rath, an ancient earthwork whose boundary still marks the land. The official record preserves the name and location while human memory has thinned. A person may have stood inside that circle, watched rain strike the grass, and known the place without ever writing it down.
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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