Official Name: | Dunamuggy |
Irish Name: | Dún na mBogach |
Static Image Name: | Dunamuggy Townland - geograph.org.uk - 1581017.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Dunamuggy townland in 2009 |
Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.737°N -6.108°W |
Unitary Northern Ireland: | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Post Town: | BALLYCLARE |
Postcode Area: | BT |
Postcode District: | BT39 |
Dial Code: | 028 |
Constituency Westminster: | South Antrim |
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland: | County Antrim |
Constituency Ni Assembly: | South Antrim |
Belfast Distance Mi: | 12 |
Dunamuggy [1] is a townland of 172 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Donegore and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.[2]
The name probably comes from a motte in the east of the townland. The Ordnance Survey Memoir of 1838 records a tumulus 18 ft high, outside of which was a parapet varying in height from 2 to 6 ft. The mound seemed to be constructed of stone and covered with earth.[1] The motte is a Scheduled Historic Monument at grid ref: J2274 9059.[3]