Radergan on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Radergan is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the
Radergan is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
of Omagh East
Omagh East (named after Omagh town) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by nine other baronies: Omagh West and Lurg to the west; Strabane Lower and Strabane Upper to the north; Dungannon Middle and Dungannon Upper to ...
and the civil parish of Clogherny and covers an area of 919 acres.
The name derives from the Irish: ''Rath Deargain'' (Dargan's fort). It may also be spelled as ''Redargan'' or ''Redargen'' in various records.
In 1841 the population of the townland was 375 people (69 houses) and in 1851 it was 324 people (57 houses).
The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a Megalithic tomb: Grania’s Grave (grid ref: H5544 6434). Radergan also has a standing stone
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright rock (geology), stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. T ...
(grid ref:H554646), a 1.4m tall mudstone pillar, with embedded pebbles.
See also
* List of townlands of County Tyrone *List of archaeological sites in County Tyrone
List of archaeological sites in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland:
__NOTOC__
A
* Aghafad, Rath, grid ref: H4603 5800
* Aghagogan, Wedge tomb, grid ref: H6391 7360 and standing stone, grid ref: H6398 7351
* Aghalane, Standing stone, stone circl ...
References
{{coord missing, County Tyrone Townlands of County Tyrone Archaeological sites in County Tyrone