Ballydown, County Down

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Ballydown, County Down
Ballydown Presbyterian Church - geograph.org.uk - 86126.jpg
Ballydown Presbyterian Church in 2005
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT32
Dialling code028
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down

Ballydown (from Irish: Baile an Dúin, meaning 'townland of the hill-fort')[1] is a townland of 529 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Seapatrick and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half.[2]

Archaeology[]

The townland contains a rath (at grid ref: J1484 4672) which is a Scheduled Historic Monument and is also partly in the townland of .[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ballydown". Place Names NI. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Ballydown". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Ballydown, County Down" (PDF). Scheduled Historic Monuments. Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

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