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RATH: LISDUFF in Edenmore

RATH: LISDUFF

What is recorded here

Lisduff is a rath in Edenmore, County Down, an earthen ring built before written history to hold life against the open sky. It stands as a boundary marker, defining where human intention shaped the land and where the wild reclaimed its own. The stones and soil remain unchanged, waiting for someone to walk the circle and remember that living there required building a defensible edge around the flames.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH: LISDUFF. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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