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Belville Ringfort (Rath)

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Belville Ringfort (Rath)
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Belville Ringfort (Rath) stands in County Kilkenny as a buried or hidden architectural feature, perhaps a residence, boundary marker or ceremonial edge now lost beneath soil and forgetting. The name Rath suggests a fortified or enclosed place, yet no wall, ditch or chamber is recorded to prove the shape. It may have been a home, a warning line or a child’s playground in an age when people still knew its purpose.
Belville Ringfort (Rath) is recorded as a archaeological place in County Kilkenny. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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