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Ballynewport is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.2807°, -5.7358°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Ballynewport

Ballynewport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Ballynewport is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Ballynewport is a townland five kilometres south of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. Ballylucas is 1.1570 km2 (285.89 acres). Ballynewport is located in the Electoral Division of Tyrella, within the Civil Parish of Rathmullan, in the barony of Lecale Upper, County Down. The Irish name for Ballynewport is Baile Neipirt.

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Background

History

A souterrain is located on the boundary between a barley field and a lane in open countryside in the townland. The entrance to the site, however, remains unidentified. The landowner had previously stated knowing of its location, which is obstructed by stones. The passage was discovered during the construction of a labourer's cottage. A volunteer who entered the souterrain with a hurricane lamp emerged shortly after, visibly distressed and with the lamp extinguished. The townland of Ballynewport was documented as Ballynebert and Newphertowne in 1641 and as Ballynebert, Ballyanbert, Ballynuport and Newportowne in 1661. The final part of the name seems to be a Gaelic adaptation of the English…

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