Ballynoe, County Down

Settlement and townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Ballynoe, County Down an Baile Nua
Settlement and townland
54°17′N 5°43′W / 54.283°N 5.717°W / 54.283; -5.717
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
County	County Down
Historic barony	Lecale Upper
Civil parish	Bright
Area
• Total	205 acres (0.83 km²)

Ballynoe (from Irish an Baile Nua 'the new settlement') is a 0.83 km² (205 acres) settlement and townland south of Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Bright and historic barony of Lecale Upper.^[1]

Archaeology

The main feature in the hamlet is Ballynoe stone circle, a late Neolithic to early Bronze age large circle of over fifty closely spaced upright stones, surrounding a mound which, when excavated, was found to contain two cists in which cremated bones were found. The site is near the disused railway station, reached by a long footpath off the main road, at grid ref: J481404.^[2]

Transport

Ballynoe railway station, on the Belfast and County Down Railway, opened on 8 July 1892, but finally closed on 16 January 1950.^[3]

References

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^ "Ballynoe". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 88.
^ "Ballynoe station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 11 September 2007.