What is recorded here
Deer Park holds two rath mounds, not one, marking a rare dual defensive site in County Antrim. Their earthworks suggest overlapping households or competing claims during the early Christian period. The unusual pairing turns an ordinary field into a stage for human rivalry, cooperation or inheritance.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as TWO RATHS. 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
Places near here
COUNTERSCARP RATH reused as MOTTE & BAILEY with LATER ENCLOSURE: BULL MOUNT in Deer ParkCOUNTERSCARP RATH reused as MOTTE & BAILEY with LATER ENCLOSURE: BULL MOUNT · 272 yd
ENCLOSURE in Deer ParkENCLOSURE · 399 yd
Rea's WoodWood · 1.0 mi
CASTLE?: OLDSTONE HILL (unlocated) in OldstoneCASTLE?: OLDSTONE HILL (unlocated) · 1.2 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3215076.jpg?width=1280)
First Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1.6 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3320343.jpg?width=1280)
Horseshoe ShopShop · 1.7 mi
C17th CASTLE: ANTRIM CASTLE in Town Parks (antrim)C17th CASTLE: ANTRIM CASTLE · 1.8 mi
Garden Heritage ExhibitionMuseum · 1.9 mi
Antrim BayBay · 1.9 mi
2009 Massereene Barracks shootingterrorist attack · 2.2 mi
Farr's BayBay · 3.7 mi
Randalstown ForestForest · 4.2 mi