Benraw

Benraw
Irish: Beann Rátha

Benraw Orange Hall in 2009
Benraw
 Benraw shown within County Down
CountyCounty Down
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district BT31
Dialling code 028
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down

Coordinates: 54°18′07″N 6°00′36″W / 54.302°N 6.010°W / 54.302; -6.010

Benraw (from Irish: Beann Rátha, meaning "peak of the ring-fort")[1] is a townland of 860 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, two miles north of Leitrim, County Down and six miles from Castlewellan. It is situated in the civil parish of Drumgooland and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half.[2] It is set in the middle of the Dromara Hills and Slieve Croob. It has an average population of 50 people. It contains two roads: the Whitehill Road and the Benraw Road. It is in the middle of the townlands Leitrim, Legananny and Derryneill. It is a very mountainous area and the two main mountains in Benraw are Benraw Mountain and The Whitehill. Benraw is also quite close to Legananny Dolmen.

History

The townland of Benraw has clearly been named after the hill now known as Benraw Mountain (242m). There is no fort in Benraw, but a slightly less than semi-circular arc remains on a ridge, formed by an inner ditch with outer bank, on what could have been a suitable site for a ringfort.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Benraw". Place Names NI. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Benraw". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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