Ballynahatty, County Down

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Ballynahatty (Irish:Baile na hÁite Tí or townland of the house site)[1] is a townland near Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is in the parish of Drumbo. 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. It 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

  1. ^ Celebrating Ulster's Townlands - Place Names in County Down. Ulster Place Names. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  2. ^ Ballynahatty. Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.


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