Ballydown, County Antrim
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT40
Dialling code028

Ballydown (from Irish Baile an Dún, meaning 'town of the fort')[1] is a townland of 210 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Islandmagee and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.[2]

Archaeology

The townland contains a mound (at grid ref: D4364 0061) which is a Scheduled Historic Monument.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Ballydown". Place Names NI. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. "Ballydown". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. "Ballydown, County Antrim" (PDF). Scheduled Historic Monuments. Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.


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