Lisnavaragh Ráth
Lisnavaragh Ráth is a ring fort 1.4 km east of Scarva in County Down in Northern Ireland . The structure, one of the well-preserved Raths in Ireland, is dated to the late Iron Age (100–400 AD).
The oval center, measuring up to 38 m, was surrounded by three (trivallate) walls and two preserved trenches. The third (outer) ditch, however, hardly exists any more. The outer walls are very strong and the trenches are relatively deep. In the southeast is the only entrance that interrupted the triple ditch-wall lines.
The excavations undertaken in the 1950s produced hardly any finds except for a post in the access area. Nearby are the even larger Lisnagade Ráth and the Dane's Cast ramparts .
literature
- Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland: Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland . Belfast 1987, p. 93, ISBN 0-337-08180-8 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 7.7 ″ N , 6 ° 20 ′ 19.4 ″ W.