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RATH (probable raised rath) in Carrowreagh

RATH (probable raised rath)

What is recorded here

Carrowreagh still holds a probable raised rath from the early Christian period, marking the area as a place of settlement or ceremony before modern borders existed. The earth may have been shaped deliberately rather than left to chance, suggesting people valued the view, the defense or the meaning of the ground. What is missing is not the same as absence; it is an invitation to imagine the lives that turned a ordinary field into a landmark.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH (probable raised rath). 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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