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TREE RING, possible reused RATH in Demoan

TREE RING, possible reused RATH

What is recorded here

Tree Ring in County Armagh is a possible reused Rath, meaning an old defensive earthwork later shaped into a circular boundary. The site may date from uncertain times through the eighteenth or nineteenth century, suggesting people kept returning to the same ground long after its first purpose faded. A ring of trees or stones may have marked a field, a graveyard, or a household claim, turning ancient defence into everyday life.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as TREE RING, possible reused RATH. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; C18TH/C19TH; 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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Recorded monument

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