What is recorded here
Drumcaw holds a rath, an ancient fortified place marked only as RATH in official records. The name resists explanation, but the function is clear: a boundary drawn around life, a shape made strong enough to resist forgetting. Whatever lived inside that circle has vanished, yet the circle remains.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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