RATH.
DUNMURRY FORTRATH.
DUNMURRY FORT
Locate on a fairly gentle S-facing slope 200m SW of
Dunmurry House.
The rath consists of a circular earthen
bank, planted with trees, enclosing a level interior 31m in
diam.
An external ditch running E-W-S is...
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RATH.
DUNMURRY FORTRATH.
DUNMURRY FORT
Locate on a fairly gentle S-facing slope 200m SW of
Dunmurry House.
The rath consists of a circular earthen
bank, planted with trees, enclosing a level interior 31m in
diam.
An external ditch running E-W-S is probably not original.
The bank is 1.
6m high internally, 10m wide & 2.
25m above
the ditch, whic is 7.
5m wide & 1.
2m deep.
A gap at E, 2m
wide, does not go right to the base of the bank & is not
original.
Breochloch.
Heritage Managment.
11 Beechmount Crescent.
Belfast.
BT12 7NJ.
breochloch@gmail.
com
Archaeological trips n.
02
Ringfort and Motte
Dunmurry, West Belfast, Co.
Antrim
Source: http://maps.
ehsni.
gov.
uk
DUNMURRY MOUND.
MARY MOUNTDUNMURRY MOUND.
MARY MOUNT
On top of a low hill in the landscaped grounds of Dunmurry house.
The motte consists of a circular earthen mound with a flat
summit, with a deep modern ditch cut all around the site, with a
berm 1-3m wide between it & the motte.
The motte is 4m high,
38m x 33m
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