These pictures of the Irish National Heritage Park in county Wexford suggest life in and around a medieval Irish rath or homestead. This particular rath would have belonged to a wealthy farmer or a less important noble. The size, the composition of the buildings, and the proximity to livestock is typical of life as it would have been in 9th-century Ireland.

For a guided tour by James M. Kinsella, who also took the pictures, start the mp3 file below (time 13:42).

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A wood-fenced rath.

Inside the palisade.

Inside the rath.

Pigsty inside the rath.

9th-century garden (not farmlands).

Post and wattle fence.

Bogland.