HISTORIC SETTLEMENT: DRAPERSTOWN or CROSS in Draperstown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Draperstown or Cross marks a historic settlement in County Derry where human life clustered across the post-medieval and modern periods. The name itself suggests a crossing place, likely a road junction, river ford or trade point where travellers paused, bartered or sought shelter. Houses, yards, fences or fields may have grown around that meeting point until the land was changed or forgotten.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HISTORIC SETTLEMENT: DRAPERSTOWN or CROSS. Recorded period: MODERN; 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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