What is recorded here
No credible evidence exists that Platform Rath in Ballyellough is a real place, remembers an event, or belongs to anyone. Inventories favor clarity because clarity denies the claimant a weapon. An unknown person may have built a small platform, named it Rath and lost the name before writing.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLATFORM 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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