County: Down Site name: Rathfriland Young Farmers Club, Rossconor
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DOW 041:076 Licence number: AE/13/091
Author: Sarah Nicol
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 720040m, N 833611m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.237278, -6.158526
Test trenching was carried out in advance of construction of a new hall.
No archaeological material was uncovered.
A large enclosure (DOW 041:076) is supposed to have encroached onto the site. This enclosure is rumoured to be the rath after which Rathfriland was named. Although no evidence of the enclosure could be found the site had been severely damaged during its occupation by the army and the police.
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