Lisbane, County Down
Origin
Ir. An Lios Bán ‘the white ringfort’
Background
5km SE of Comber
par: Tullynakill bar: Castlereagh Lower
Lisbane townland lies inland south of Ballydrain and west of Tullynakill. No white fort survives now, but at grid ref J 606578 is an earthwork, not on any edition of the 6-in map, revealed by air photography on top of a 100ft drumlin. ‘It has been squarish in plan with rounded corners, and had a single bank and ditch’ preserved intact in the field boundary on the S. The rest can be traced as a shallow depression on the ground’ (ASCD 171, plate 35).
References
K. Muhr, 2009Additional Information
Historical name form
| Old Form | Ref. Date | Reference |
|---|---|---|
Lios Bán, An | 1989 | GÉ 124 |
An Lios Bán ""the white fort"" | 1999 | Dict. Ulst. PN 95 |
| Ba:Lisbane | 1625c | Raven Map Clandeboye 51,54 |
| Lishbane | 1659c | Census 1659 88 |
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Parish
- Tullynakill
- Parish in 1851
- Tullynakill
- Townland
- None
- Place name ID
- 12125
- Place name type
- T