What is recorded here
Dreenan still holds the Rath, a marked archaeological site in County Derry where human hands shaped the land before written memory. Its boundary remains recorded, not forgotten. The name resists easy explanation, but the place does not need approval to be real.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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
Places near here
ENCLOSURE in DreenanENCLOSURE · 143 yd
ENCLOSURE? (this may be Ldy 033:013) in DrummuckENCLOSURE? (this may be Ldy 033:013) · 1480 yd
Scroggy Mass RockNamed rock · 2.6 mi
Tamlaght O'Crilly ChurchChurch · 3.2 mi
St. Mary's Rc ChurchChurch · 3.5 mi
Portglenone ForestForest · 3.6 mi
PLANTATION CASTLE & BAWN on site of RATH: BELLAGHY BAWN in Old Town Deer ParkPLANTATION CASTLE & BAWN on site of RATH: BELLAGHY BAWN · 3.8 mi
Bellaghy BawnMuseum · 3.8 mi
FORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) in GlenoneFORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) · 4.1 mi
Craigadick Picnic AreaPicnic place · 4.3 mi
CASTLE (site of): PORTGLENONE CASTLE in GarvaghyCASTLE (site of): PORTGLENONE CASTLE · 4.3 mi
Bracknamuckley ForestWood · 4.4 mi