Burr Point | |
Native Name: | An Bior |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Pushpin Map: | Island of Ireland#Northern Ireland#United Kingdom County Down |
Etymology: | Irish bior, "point" |
Coordinates: | 54.4871°N -5.4329°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Northern Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Down |
Burr Point is considered the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the Island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, at longitude 5.4326ºW, although the monument is at longitude 5.4397ºW. It is a just over a mile (or 2 km) southeast of Ballyhalbert village.[1]
The most easterly point of all Northern Ireland and Ireland is a small unnamed rock next to Cannon Rock, a rock situated 4.08 kilometres off the Ards Peninsula, at longitude 5.42ºW.[1]