placenamesBallyclug
Baile Cloig
A 2013 investigation recorded cultivation and earlier activity in Ballylesson.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Baile Cloig · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ballyclug · English · main form
Place & story
Beyond the graveyard wall
Naomi Carver directed archaeological work beside Ballyclug Old Graveyard in Ballylesson during April and May 2013. Her preliminary report for Queen’s University Belfast records cultivation furrows, two stone features, other cut features and a ditch exposed after topsoil removal. The investigation followed an evaluation carried out in 2011 and identified activity extending outside the graveyard. The report interpreted the sequence as including early medieval activity, while recommending further work on environmental samples and finds. Its conclusions concern the investigated development site, rather than the whole parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Antrim Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.84987, -6.23534 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 33.42 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61261 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballyclug. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Excavations beside Ballyclug Old Graveyard, Ballylesson: CAF Data Structure Report 59, AE/13/52 · Naomi Carver / Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, Queen’s University Belfast
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.