What is recorded here
Ballyboley in County Down, Ireland, held a post-medieval settlement where human life clustered before modern boundaries drew their straight lines. The land may have supported farms, markets or temporary shelter, though the exact character of that busy era has faded from memory. What remains is a ghost of activity, a place where people lived and left no name behind.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Ballyboley. Recorded period: POST-MED. 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
Places near here
ENCLOSURE in BallyboleyENCLOSURE · 225 yd
CHURCH (site of): ST.KOLMAN'S (unlocated) in GrangeeCHURCH (site of): ST.KOLMAN'S (unlocated) · 1.1 mi
Carrowdore CastleCastle · 1.3 mi
'Tir N'an Og' burial groundGraveyard · 1.6 mi
Red Trail, Mount StewartWalking route · 1.6 mi
Lake Walk, Mount StewartWalking route · 1.6 mi
The Temple of the WindsEstate Related Structures · 1.7 mi
Mount StewartHeritage attraction · 1.8 mi
Grey Abbey HouseCastle · 2.2 mi
Mid IslandIslet · 2.6 mi
MEDIEVAL CHURCH and GRAVEYARD; with 3 C13TH COFFIN LIDS: BALLYWALTER OLD CHURCH; WHITE CHURCH in BallywalterMEDIEVAL CHURCH and GRAVEYARD; with 3 C13TH COFFIN LIDS: BALLYWALTER OLD CHURCH; WHITE CHURCH · 3.1 mi
Ringneill QuayBay · 4.9 mi