What is recorded here
Ballypalady still holds a rath, though time has softened its edges and the group identity has faded from common speech. An ancient fortification, it likely watched fields, herds and passing people long before written records arrived. The stones may be buried or scattered now, but the shape of human defence and daily life remains written in the land.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH; PART OF RATH GROUP. 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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