Solar, County Antrim Explained

Official Name:	Solar
Coordinates:	54.894°N -5.879°W
Unitary Northern Ireland:	Mid and East Antrim
Country:	Northern Ireland
Post Town:	LARNE
Postcode Area:	BT
Postcode District:	BT40
Dial Code:	028
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland:	County Antrim

Solar is a townland of 42 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Carncastle and the historic barony of Glenarm Upper.^[1]

Archaeology

The sites of a church and graveyard in the townland are registered as Scheduled Historic Monuments at grid ref: D3440 1220 ^[2] and an Early Christian cemetery was excavated in 1993. This revealed over 120 burials dated from the 7th to 12th centuries. Some burials had been disturbed by a stone-lined pit of Anglo-Norman date.^[3]

See also

• List of townlands in County Antrim
• List of places in County Antrim

Notes and References

1. Web site: Solar. IreAtlas Townlands Database. 21 April 2015.
2. Web site: Solar. Scheduled Historic Monuments (2015). Northern Ireland Environment Agency. 21 April 2015.
3. Web site: The excavation of an Early Christian cemetery at Solar, County Antrim, 1993. British and Irish archaeological bibliography. 21 April 2015.