Ballynahatty, County Down
Ballynahatty
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Ballynahatty Location within Northern Ireland Ballynahatty Location within County Down Ballynahatty Ballynahatty (County Down) | |
| Irish grid reference | J327667 |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BELFAST |
| Postcode district | BT8 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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Ballynahatty (from Irish Baile na hÁite Tí 'townland of the house site')[1] is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern edge of Belfast. It contains the Giants Ring, a henge monument.[2]
The remains of a woman who was part of a Neolithic farming community were discovered buried in the henge in 1855. Now known as Ballynahatty woman, her genome was sequenced in 2015 and reveals a woman with black hair and brown eyes typical of those with Mediterranean heritage. This implies that Ballynahatty woman was part of a group of Early European Farmers (EEFs) that migrated across Europe in the Neolithic period, originating in the Middle East.
Ballynahatty is also the name of a townland, in the parish of Drumragh, County Tyrone.
Geography
Townlands that border Ballynahatty include: [3]
- Ballycowan to the east
- Ballydollaghan to the east
- Ballynavally to the east
- Edenderry to the west
- Malone Upper to the west
References
- ^ "Celebrating Ulster's Townlands - Place Names in County Down". Ulster Place Names. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
- ^ "Ballynahatty" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ^ "PlacenamesNI.org - Ballynahatty, County Down (Northern Ireland Place-Name Project, Tionscadal Logainmneacha, Thuaisceart Eirann)". ArcGIS Experience. Retrieved 26 May 2025.