What is recorded here

Rathedan is a vanished ringfort in County Carlow, Ireland, where a forty-metre circular enclosure once rose above the land but no longer shows any surface trace. It may have been a defensive home or a boundary marker for an early settlement, yet the earth has swallowed its shape. The absence is not empty; it is a reminder that human life can disappear so completely that even the ground forgets the walls which once stood there.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular raised enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m). No visible surface traces. Possibly ringfort.

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