What is recorded here
Ballyaughian holds a rath and a possible man-made underground passage, recorded for the common era in County Down. The boundary between built structure and natural earth blunts because no exact chamber, entrance or date has survived. A family may have cut the passage during storms or hidden bread from strangers, but invention must stop where evidence ends. What remains certain is that people shaped the land enough for the passage to still be debated.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH & possible Man-made underground passage. 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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