What is recorded here
Three Forth's Hill in Ballyfinragh, County Down, may hide a rath beneath its soil. The uncertain period leaves the hill open to imagination, perhaps a boundary marker, a seasonal camp or a forgotten dwelling. Its name suggests distance, repetition and direction, as if people measured the landscape in thirds rather than feet. The hill may have been a place for watching, waiting or remembering long before it became a point on a map.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as AP Cropmark- Possible rath at "Three Forth's Hill". Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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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