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PLATFORM RATH in Gortnacarrow

PLATFORM RATH

What is recorded here

One platform rath still stands in Gortnacarrow, County Fermanagh, preserved in the official record as a marked archaeological site rather than a forgotten rumour. It belongs to the broad era labelled E.CHRIST., wide enough to hold several generations of building, defending and abandoning. The platform shape suggests people raised a home or stronghold above ordinary ground, giving width for activity and height for watchfulness. That much is clear; the rest is imagination, but a reasonable one.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLATFORM 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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