What is recorded here
Altinure Upper in County Derry contains a scheduled rath, marking the area as an ancient landscape shaped before modern borders. The earthworks still belong to everyone, preserving a life that no longer speaks its own name.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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
Places near here
Learmount WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Learmount CastleCountry House · 1.1 mi
CASHEL in MoneyhoghanCASHEL · 1.4 mi
Banagher Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1.9 mi
Ballydonegan SweathouseVisitor information · 2.1 mi
ENCLOSURE in Clagan, StraidarranENCLOSURE · 2.1 mi
Barnes TopMountain / peak · 3.3 mi
SawelMountain / peak · 3.8 mi
MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christain-C18th) in CumberMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christain-C18th) · 4.2 mi
Claudy bombingbomb attack · 4.2 mi
Sperrin MountainsMountain range · 5.0 mi
Sperrins landscapeHeritage attraction · 5.1 mi