What is recorded here
Drumcro 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, likely with stone, earth or both. People lived inside that line, excluded danger, and left behind a shape the land still remembers.
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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