What is recorded here
Ballyhowne holds an unmarked settlement where human hands shaped the earth before memory faded. The uncertainty is not a gap but a feature: the place refuses to be pinned, named or owned. What is known is that people lived there, changed the land and disappeared into the ordinary flow of centuries.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as SETTLEMENT SITE? (unlocated). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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
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RUINED STRUCTURERUINED STRUCTURE, CHURCH? · 1.1 mi
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Castle UptonCastle · 3.5 mi
Carnmoney HillMountain / peak · 4.5 mi
Bellevue Area of Special Scientific InterestCliff · 5.2 mi
Millennium MilepostVisitor information · 6.3 mi
Tardree ForestForest · 7.0 mi
CarnearnyMountain / peak · 7.1 mi