What is recorded here
In Magheragall, County Antrim, a rath still stands as a buried circle of earth and stone, marking the kind of fortified settlement people built across early Christian Ireland. The ground may have hidden doors, firelight and ordinary lives, yet no name or date has survived to confirm them. What remains is shape itself: a boundary drawn in soil, waiting for memory to return.
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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