Old chimney, Aghandunvarran near Hillsborough
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Old chimney, Aghandunvarran near Hillsborough
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 23 Dec 2012
See Image (November 2005). The same chimney, between the McKee’s Bridge Road (behind the hedge and trees on the left) and the Dromara Road (behind me). Despite much “Googling” and checking in definitive books including “The Town in Ulster”, “The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland” and the Ordnance Survey Memoirs I have not been able to discover anything about the origin of the structure. It is, however, in the square immediately east of McKee’s Dam Image so it might be reasonable to guess that the two were not unconnected. I have found a list of flax growers in Co Down (1796) which shows that there were 24 with an address of “Hillsborough”. Not listed and not on the official “at risk register”. Further information very welcome.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.447932
Longitude
-6.101666