Altanagh

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Altanagh
Townland
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Location in Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54°33′31.280″N7°1′0.865″W / 54.55868889°N 7.01690694°W / 54.55868889; -7.01690694

Altanagh is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk and covers an area of 971 acres. [1]

The name derives from the Irish: altan ach (Abounding in cliffs or glens). [2]

The population of the townland declined during the 19th century: [3] [4]

Year184118511861187118811891
Population223202218196154138
Houses393940393233

The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a burial mound (grid ref: H6266 6936), [5] which contained pits and urn burials with cremated bone. [6] Three cordoned urns were found with a calibrated date range of 1890-1450 BC. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Altanagh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1891". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "INSTAR - The People of Prehistoric Ireland" (PDF). Irish Heritage Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Edmonstown, Co Dublin by Charles Mount and PJ Hartnett". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol 93C, No2 (1993), p.60. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
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