Letterbrat

Letterbrat townland in 2009
Letterbrat Quarry in 2007

Letterbrat is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Strabane Upper and the civil parish of Bodoney Upper and covers an area of 708 acres.[1]

The name derives from the Irish: Lathair Beith (Place for birch trees), Litir brat (hill of the cloaks) or leiter brat (wet sloping land of the brats/mantle).[2]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 222 people (41 houses) and in 1851 it was 182 people (32 houses).[3]

The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a Portal tomb (grid ref: H4715 9156).[4]

The townland also contains Letterbrat Quarry (grid ref: H471923) where the very old grey quartz-rich rock is worked for road stone. The quarry also features a very thick intrusion of porphyry.[5]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Letterbrat". Place Names NI. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)". NI Environment Agency. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Letterbrat Quarry". Habitas. Geological sites in Northern Ireland. Retrieved 20 December 2012.