Ballydown, County Antrim

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]

This article is about the townland in County Antrim. For other uses, see Ballydown.

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

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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