rath

/ræθ/
noun
  1. A circular earthen fort or enclosure, typically from ancient times in Ireland and Scotland.
    • We hiked to the top of the hill where a rath once stood.
    • Local legend says the rath was built by ancient kings.
    • The archaeologists excavated an Iron Age rath in the Irish countryside.
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