What is recorded here
Millisle in Ballymacruise, County Down, is a post-medieval settlement where human life left its mark before modern records began. The ground itself holds the shape of that time, perhaps crowded with activity, trade or domestic routine now lost to memory. What remains is not a building but a presence, a settled human footprint waiting to be read through soil and story rather than stone.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Millisle. 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
Millisle and Ballycopeland Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 486 yd
RESTORED WINDMILL: BALLYCOPELAND WINDMILL (c.f. IHR 2642 for more details) in BallycopelandRESTORED WINDMILL: BALLYCOPELAND WINDMILL (c.f. IHR 2642 for more details) · 1.1 mi
ENCLOSURE in BallyrollyENCLOSURE · 1.3 mi
[Former railway] bridgeBridge · 1.7 mi
Carrowdore CastleCastle · 2.1 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 · 4.2 mi
Lake Walk, Mount StewartWalking route · 4.8 mi
Red Trail, Mount StewartWalking route · 4.9 mi
Mount StewartHeritage attraction · 4.9 mi
Grey Abbey HouseCastle · 5.3 mi
Mid IslandIslet · 5.9 mi
Lighthouse IslandIsland · 5.9 mi