Ballynoe, County Down
Ballynoe, County Down
an Baile Nua | |
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Settlement and townland | |
Coordinates: 54°17′20″N 5°43′12″W / 54.28889°N 5.72000°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
County | County Down |
Historic barony | Lecale Upper |
Civil parish | Bright |
Area | |
• Total | 205 acres (0.83 km2) |
Ballynoe (from Irish an Baile Nua 'the new settlement') is a 0.83 km2 (205 acres) settlement and townland south of Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Bright and historic barony of Lecale Upper.[1]
Archaeology
[edit]The main feature in the hamlet is Ballynoe stone circle, a late Neolithic to early Bronze age large circle of over fifty closely spaced upright stones, surrounding a mound which, when excavated, was found to contain two cists in which cremated bones were found. The site is near the disused railway station, reached by a long footpath off the main road, at grid ref: J481404.[2]
Transport
[edit]Ballynoe railway station, on the Belfast and County Down Railway, opened on 8 July 1892, but finally closed on 16 January 1950.[3]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Ballynoe". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 88.
- ^ "Ballynoe station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 11 September 2007.