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RATH, reused as KILLEEN in Gortaloughan

RATH, reused as KILLEEN

What is recorded here

Killeen in Gortaloughan, County Fermanagh, wears two names because people kept returning to the same stones. Rath suggests a fort or protected place, while Killeen points to a church or sacred ground, so the land may have changed hands between pagan and Christian uses. The exact moment is uncertain, but the reuse itself is the story: a place important enough to remember, rename and occupy again.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH, reused as KILLEEN. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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