What is recorded here
No credible evidence exists that this is a real place. I will not invent a story for it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Ballyknockan. 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
Places near here
ENCLOSURE in BallyknockanENCLOSURE · 1457 yd
LARGE ENCLOSURE (unlocated) in BallygowanLARGE ENCLOSURE (unlocated) · 1613 yd
Ballygowan Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1.7 mi
Granshaw Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 2.9 mi
Battle of Saintfield (1798)Battlefield · 2.9 mi
Braniel HillMountain / peak · 4.5 mi
FORTIFICATION (site of): MOUNT ALEXANDER CASTLE in Mount AlexanderFORTIFICATION (site of): MOUNT ALEXANDER CASTLE · 4.5 mi
Conn O'Neill's Castle SiteFort · 4.6 mi
Cregagh GlenWood · 4.6 mi
Lisnabreeney WaterfallWaterfall · 4.7 mi
Comber GreenwayWalking route · 4.9 mi
Highway to Health, CastlereaghWalking route · 5.1 mi