What is recorded here
Fox Fort stands in a large Hillsborough park as a rath, marking the earth where human hands shaped a defensible ring during the early Christian period. The name suggests a clever animal or a deceptive boundary, inviting imagination about the people who built, abandoned or forgot the place.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH: FOX FORT. 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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