Dunamuggy

Dunamuggy
Irish: Dún na mBogach

Dunamuggy townland in 2009
Dunamuggy
 Dunamuggy shown within Northern Ireland
CountyCounty Antrim
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Coordinates: 54°44′13″N 6°06′29″W / 54.737°N 6.108°W / 54.737; -6.108

Dunamuggy (from Irish: Dún na mBogach, meaning "fort of the bogs or marshes")[1]is a townland of 172 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Donegore and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.[2]

Archaeology

The name probably comes from a motte in the east of the townland. The Ordnance Survey Memoir of 1838 records a tumulus 18 ft high, outside of which was a parapet varying in height from 2 to 6 ft. The mound seemed to be constructed of stone and covered with earth.[1] The motte is a Scheduled Historic Monument at grid ref: J2274 9059.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Dunamuggy". Place Names NI. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dunamuggy". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dunamuggy" (PDF). Scheduled Historic Monuments (2015). Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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