Rath

Rath is an archaeological site in Newry, Northern Ireland. Rath is situated nearby to the archaeological site standing stone, as well as near the community center Bessbrook Orange Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newry railway station and MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch.

Newry railway station

Railway station

Photo: BrianG, Public domain.

Newry railway station serves the city of Newry and the village of Bessbrook in Northern Ireland. The station is located in the northwest of Newry, County Armagh on the Dublin-Belfast line close to the Craigmore Viaduct. Newry railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Rath.

MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch

Bridge

Photo: National Library of Ireland on The Commons, No restrictions.

Macneill's Egyptian Arch is a railway bridge in Newry, Northern Ireland. Construction was completed in 1851 for the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company and was the result of collaboration between engineer Sir John Macneill and constructor William Dargan. MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Rath.

St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook

School

St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook is an all-ability, co-educational English-Medium secondary school located on the outskirts of Bessbrook near Newry, County Armagh. St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook is situated 1 mile south of Rath.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bessbrook and Mullaghglass.

Bessbrook

Village

Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bessbrook is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about three miles northwest of Newry and near the Newry bypass on the main A1 Belfast-Dublin road and Belfast-Dublin railway line.

Mullaghglass

Hamlet

Mullaghglass is a small village and townland north of Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was named after the nearby townland of Mullaghglass, although the village itself is within the townland of Latt.

Camlough

Village

Photo: Ron Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Camlough is a village west of Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village is named after a lake, known as the Cam Lough. South of the village is Camlough Mountain, part of the Ring of Gullion which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Rath

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.19649° or 54° 11′ 47″ north

Longitude

-6.38388° or 6° 23′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C6M5JW8+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 683230794

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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