What is recorded here
Battle site, 1642, Bendooragh, County Antrim. No visible marker remains, but the ground may still hold the shape of that clash. Steel, footsteps and fear would have moved through the field before silence returned.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BATTLE SITE; 1642 (unlocated). Recorded period: POST-MED; C17TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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