Aghalislone () is a

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of 664 acres in

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

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. It is situated in the

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Derriaghy Derriaghy, (; also known as Derryaghy), (), is a townland (of 538 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, south-west of Belfast city centre. The townland is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Upper and the civil pari ...

and is split between the historic

Baronies Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

Massereene Upper Massereene Upper is a barony in southwest County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It roughly matches the former district of Killultagh ().

(426 acres) and

Belfast Upper Belfast Upper is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its east lies the barony of Belfast and Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Belfast Lower to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the north-west; Massereene Lowe ...

(238 acres).

Archaeology

The townland contains two Scheduled Historic Monuments: a Rath (grid ref: J2599 6792) and a Barrow (grid ref: J2549 6825). In the course of house construction close to the rath in 2006, sherds of medieval and post-medieval pottery were found in a spoilheap on the site. In similar circumstances, numerous fragments of burnt flint and a flint core (suggesting

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activity in the area) and fragments of 19th glazed ceramics, were found on a building site close to the barrow in 2007.

References

{{County Antrim Townlands of County Antrim Archaeological sites in County Antrim Civil parish of Derriaghy

Archaeology

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