What is recorded here
RATH in Carnalea, County Down, is an ancient earthwork where human hands shaped the land before written memory. The soil still holds the pressure of those forgotten builders, waiting for footsteps to wake it.
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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