What is recorded here
RATH in Balleny, County Down, is an early Christian rath, a fortified place where people lived, worshipped or hid when the world turned violent. Snow may have buried its ditch for centuries, but the land still remembers the shape of human fear and hope.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH. 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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