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UNIVALLATE RATH in Oldstone

UNIVALLATE RATH

What is recorded here

Univallate Rath in Oldstone is a two-bank hillfort where the repeated ditches still mark the boundary between human ambition and raw terrain. The stone-free earthworks suggest people trusted depth and height rather than imported material to keep out danger or claim ownership. That choice makes the site feel honest, because the land itself was shaped into a defensible form instead of being covered in borrowed decoration.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as UNIVALLATE RATH. Recorded period: 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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