|
Ballynahone Beg
Ballynahone (Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Five, County Derry I, The Moyola Valley'', page 173. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University Belfast, 1996. ) may refer to the following places in Northern Ireland: *Ballynahone Beg, Maghera civil parish *Ballynahone Bog *Ballynahone More Ballynahone (Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Five, County Derry I, The Moyola Valley'', page 173. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University Belfast, 1996. ) may refer to the following places in Northern Ireland ... References {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballynahone Beg, Maghera Civil Parish
Ballynahone Beg is a townland lying within the civil parish of Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-west of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Ballynahone More, Clooney, Craigadick, Drumballyhagan, Drumballyhagan Clark, Fallagloon, Falgortrevy, Mullagh, and Tobermore. It was not apportioned to any of the London livery companies, being retained as church lands. The townland in 1926 was part of Maghera district electoral division as part of the Maghera dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District. As part of Maghera civil parish, Ballynahone Beg also lies within the historic barony of Loughinsholin. See also *Maghera Maghera (pronounced , ) is a small town at the foot of the Glenshane Pass in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Its population was 4,220 in the 2011 Census, increasing from 3,711 in the 2001 Census. It is situated within Mid-Ulster Distric ... References Townlands of County Londonde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballynahone Bog
Ballynahone Bog (Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Five, County Derry I, The Moyola Valley'', page 173. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University Belfast, 1996. ) is a raised bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ..., situated in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, about 3 km south of Maghera, on low-lying ground immediately north of the Moyola River about 14 km from its mouth at Lough Neagh. It is one of the largest lowland raised bogs in Northern Ireland. Features The raised bog which covers most of the site contains characteristic vegetation and structural features associated with this type of habitat such as bog pools and hummocks. The raised bog dome is surrounded by cut-over bog with poor fen and birch woodland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |