Ballynahatty, County Down
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Ballynahatty (from Irish: Baile na hÁite Tí meaning "townland of the house site")[1] is small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern edge of Belfast. It contains the Giants Ring, a henge monument, consisting of a circular enclosure, 200m in diameter, surrounded with a 4m high earthwork bank with five entrances, and a small neolithic passage grave slightly off-centre. Giant's Ring is a State Care Historic Monument at grid ref: J3272 6770.[2]
Ballynahatty is also a townland, in the parish of Drumragh, County Tyrone.
[edit] References
- ^ "Celebrating Ulster's Townlands - Place Names in County Down". Ulster Place Names. http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/county_down_place-names.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ^ "Ballynahatty" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/state_care_monuments_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
Coordinates: 54°32′32″N 5°57′24″W / 54.54222°N 5.95667°W
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