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RATH in Derrychree

RATH

What is recorded here

RATH in Derrychree is an earthwork, not a vague legend, and the distinction matters because so much Irish history is buried under clever nonsense. A Rath is a defended place, a boundary drawn in soil rather than ink, and Derrychree still carries that shape. The absence of a grand date does not diminish it; it refuses the trap of forcing human memory into a modern timeline.
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.

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