Altanagh Explained
| Settlement Type: | Townland |
| Pushpin Map: | Northern Ireland |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Northern Ireland |
Altanagh is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk and covers an area of 971 acres.[1]
The name derives from the Irish: altan ach (Abounding in cliffs or glens).[2]
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:[3] [4]
| Year | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
|---|
| Population | 223 | 202 | 218 | 196 | 154 | 138 |
| Houses | 39 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 32 | 33 |
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The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a burial mound (grid ref: H6266 6936),[5] which contained pits and urn burials with cremated bone.[6] Three cordoned urns were found with a calibrated date range of 1890-1450 BC.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Townlands of County Tyrone. IreAtlas Townland Database. 10 April 2015.
- Web site: Altanagh. Place Names NI. 18 March 2013.
- Web site: Census of Ireland 1851. Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. 25 December 2012.
- Web site: Census of Ireland 1891. Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. 26 December 2012.
- Web site: Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012) . NI Environment Agency . 11 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131026155955/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/the_schedule_of_historic_monuments_-_october_2012-2.pdf . 26 October 2013 .
- Web site: INSTAR - The People of Prehistoric Ireland. Irish Heritage Council. 11 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032156/http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/INSTAR_Database/People_of_Prehistoric_Ireland_Progress_Report_09.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Edmonstown, Co Dublin by Charles Mount and PJ Hartnett. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol 93C, No2 (1993), p.60. 11 December 2012.
