Type: | Settlement and townland |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom#Northern Ireland#County Down |
Coordinates: | 54.2833°N -48°W |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | County Down |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Ireland |
Native Name: | an Baile Nua |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Subdivision Type4: | Civil parish |
Subdivision Name4: | Bright |
Subdivision Type3: | Historic barony |
Subdivision Name3: | Lecale Upper |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the United Kingdom##Location within Northern Ireland##Location within County Down |
Area Total Km2: | 0.83 |
Area Total Acre: | 205 |
Ballynoe is a 205abbr=onNaNabbr=on 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]
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]
Ballynoe railway station, on the Belfast and County Down Railway, opened on 8 July 1892, but finally closed on 16 January 1950.[3]