Massereene Lower

Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Massereene Lower Mása Ríona Íochtarach^[1] (Irish)
Location of Massereene Lower, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
County	Antrim

Massereene Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[2] To its west lies Lough Neagh, and it is bordered by four other baronies: Massereene Upper to the south; Belfast Upper to the east; Antrim Upper to the north; and Toome Upper to the north-west.^[2]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Massereene Lower:^[1]

Towns

Muckamore

Population centres

Aldergrove
Diamond
Killead
Loanends
Nutt's Corner

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Massereene Lower:^[3]^[4]

Grange of Muckamore
Killead

Archaeology

The barony contains the largest concentration of ringforts in Ireland, with three ringforts per square kilometre.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Massereene Lower". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
^ "PRONI Civil Parishes of County Antrim". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^ "Baronies and parishes of County Antrim". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^ Stout, Matthew (1997). The Irish Ringfort. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 53.