What is recorded here
No certain date, no visible ruin, only a river ford where life repeated itself. People crossed there because the water allowed it, perhaps built shelters nearby, perhaps vanished before memory ended. The site resists certainty, but the ford remains true: a narrow place where human wanting and river current met without warning.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as SETTLEMENT SITE - RIVER FORD. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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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