A rath above the Drumlee Road
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A rath above the Drumlee Road
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 26 Mar 2011
This is a very good example of a rath i.e. a ringfort. Such structures date back to the Iron Age and were in use until the early Middle Ages. It is not often one sees a rath which is not chocked with overgrown vegetation. Traditionally farmers have been wary of clearing thickets from within raths as these ringforts were considered to be fairy rings.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.263011
Longitude
-6.05047