What is recorded here
Ballycranbeg is a historic settlement in County Down, Ireland, recorded for the post-medieval period. The official map point marks the centre of the archaeological site, preserving the shape of a place that once belonged to ordinary life. Rooms may have held children, tools and stories now lost, while the land kept its boundary through forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Ballycranbeg. Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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