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|LG district= | |latitude=54.937984 | ||
|longitude=-5.9000552 | |||
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|post town=Ballymena | |||
postcode=BT44 | |||
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|LG district=Mid and East Antrim | |||
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'''Solar''' is a | '''Solar''' is a tiny hamlet, and a [[townland]] of 42 acres, in [[County Antrim]], in the east of the county, on the Antrim coast road south of [[Glenarm]] (within the barony of [[Glenarm Upper]]).<ref name=pnni>{{placenamesNI|16457}}</ref> | ||
{{ | The name of the townland is found as ''Psallor'' in the thirteenth century, as ''Salower'' in the fourteenth and in various spellings until ''Solar'' appears in 1840.<ref name=pnni/> The origin of the name is unknown. | ||
==Archaeology== | |||
The sites of a church and graveyard in the townland are registered as Scheduled Historic Monuments at grid ref: {{map|D34401220}}.<ref>[https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/communities/built-report-scheduled-historic-%20monuments-northern-ireland-2017.pdf Scheduled Historic Monuments] (2017): Department for Communities</ref> | |||
An Early Christian cemetery was excavated in 1993. This revealed over 120 burials dated from the 7th to 12th centuries. Some burials had been disturbed by a stone-lined pit of Anglo-Norman date.<ref>{{cite web|title=The excavation of an Early Christian cemetery at Solar, County Antrim, 1993|url=http://www.biab.ac.uk/contents/21698|website=British and Irish archaeological bibliography|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
Revision as of 23:33, 22 November 2017
| Solar | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 The Antrim Coast Road by Solar | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | D346120 |
| Location: | 54°56’17"N, 5°54’0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ballymena
postcode=BT44 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid & East Antrim |
Solar is a tiny hamlet, and a townland of 42 acres, in County Antrim, in the east of the county, on the Antrim coast road south of Glenarm (within the barony of Glenarm Upper).[1]
The name of the townland is found as Psallor in the thirteenth century, as Salower in the fourteenth and in various spellings until Solar appears in 1840.[1] The origin of the name is unknown.
Archaeology
The sites of a church and graveyard in the townland are registered as Scheduled Historic Monuments at grid ref: D34401220.[2]
An Early Christian cemetery was excavated in 1993. This revealed over 120 burials dated from the 7th to 12th centuries. Some burials had been disturbed by a stone-lined pit of Anglo-Norman date.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Solar - Placenames NI
- ↑ Scheduled Historic Monuments (2017): Department for Communities
- ↑ "The excavation of an Early Christian cemetery at Solar, County Antrim, 1993". http://www.biab.ac.uk/contents/21698. Retrieved 21 April 2015.