What is recorded here

Carrickmaddyroe in County Down is a historic settlement called Boardmills because people lived and worked there after the medieval period. The name suggests mills, tools or trade, while the settlement part reminds us that ordinary life filled the place before any map existed.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Boardmills. 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.