THE TOWNLAND OF AGHANTARAGHAN

The townland of Aghantaraghan is in the parish of Ballymore in Armagh County. It is labelled number 2 on the map. Irish Grid Reference for the centre of townland: J060383

The Environment and Heritage Service Sites and Monuments Record (2002) notes the following in this townland:

Burial thorn penal site of the Post-medieval Period and the Eighteenth Century
SMR NO: ARM 018:037
Irish Grid Reference: J06453761
Townland: AGHANTARAGHAN
CONDITION: WELL PRESERVED
A thorn set in a hedge with a pile of stones around it. This was a Mass site in penal times and a man was buried there.

PRONI records: VAL/1B/214 (1st Valuation Records); OS/6/2/18/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/18/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/18/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908.); OS/6/2/18/4 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908. (2 copies - 1st a reprint 1930, 1933 and 2nd reprint 1933, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1955.); OS/6/2/18/5 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954-5. Levelled 1892, 1901-2, 1904 and 1906. Published 1958 (2 copies).); VAL/12B/15/23A, VAL/12B/15/23B, VAL/12B/15/23C, VAL/12B/15/23D, VAL/12B/15/23E (Valuation annual revision list.).