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Ballydown, County Antrim

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Coordinates: 54°50′3.628″N 5°45′54.976″W / 54.83434111°N 5.76527111°W / 54.83434111; -5.76527111
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Ballydown, County Antrim
Ballydown, County Antrim is located in Northern Ireland
Ballydown, County Antrim
Ballydown, County Antrim
Location within Northern Ireland
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT40
Dialling code028
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
54°50′3.628″N 5°45′54.976″W / 54.83434111°N 5.76527111°W / 54.83434111; -5.76527111

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[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  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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