Carncorran Glebe Explained
Carncorran Glebe (Irish: Carn Corráin (hook-shaped heap of stones)[1]) is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh West and the civil parish of Ardstraw and covers an area of 243 acres.[2]
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:[3] [4]
| Year | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
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| Population | 110 | 83 | 87 | 81 | 60 | 61 |
| Houses | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
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The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a Portal tomb: Giant's Grave (grid ref: H2889 8243).[5] The portal tomb consists of two large mis-matched portal stones nearly 3m tall and a tiny door-stone.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Carncorran Glebe. Place Names NI. 18 March 2013.
- Web site: Townlands of County Tyrone. IreAtlas Townland Database. 10 April 2015.
- Web site: Census of Ireland 1851. Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. 14 December 2012. 19 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019041818/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336894. dead.
- 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 . 14 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: Selected monuments in Co Tyrone. Gazetteer of Irish Prehistoric Monuments. 14 December 2012.
