BALLYCASTLE Heritage Profile

By Daniel Kirkpatrick | Compiled 2026-05-15 | N08000404

15 historic sites 4 scheduled monuments 152 listed buildings 6 archaeological periods

BALLYCASTLE covers 7.2 km² in Northern Ireland. With 15 historic sites and 4 scheduled monuments on record, the ward sits at the 87th percentile across all 462 NI wards for combined archaeological heritage. It also records 152 listed buildings (HED Historic Buildings Record), the 98th percentile for listed-building density across NI wards. Per 1,000 residents, this works out at 51.4 recorded sites — the 90th percentile across NI wards (a measure of heritage density relative to current population). Dated archaeological evidence runs from the Mesolithic through to the Modern period, spanning 6 archaeological periods, around the NI median for chronological depth.

BALLYCASTLE boundary detail

BALLYCASTLE in regional context

Heritage at a glance

Percentile rankings throughout this profile compare each ward only against the other 461 Northern Ireland wards.

Historic sites

52nd percentile

Scheduled monuments

66th percentile

152

Listed buildings

98th percentile

23.79

Sites per km²

Population context

463

Persons per km²

64th percentile

51.4

Sites per 1,000 residents

91st percentile

3,327

Total residents (2021)

The recorded heritage of BALLYCASTLE

Of the 15 historic sites recorded, the most common are Modern Graveyard (1, 7% of historic sites), Burials (2) (1), and Castle: Bally Castle (1). For Modern Graveyards, this is the 0th percentile across NI wards that record this type. For Burials (2)s, this is the 0th percentile across NI wards that record this type. Across the ward's 7.2 km², this gives a recorded density of 23.75 sites per km² (all heritage types combined).

Most common monument types

Type	Count	Description
Modern Graveyard	1	—
Burials (2)	1	—
Castle: Bally Castle	1	—

Chronological distribution

Mesolithic

Iron Age

Early Medieval

Medieval

Post Medieval

Modern

Unknown

Terrain and environment

Mean elevation of 32m sits around the NI median (25th percentile), reaching 94m at the highest point. The terrain is consistently steep, with a mean slope of 5.4° (80th percentile across NI). The Topographic Wetness Index of 10.0 (30th NI percentile) indicates moderate drainage, balanced between upland shedding and lowland accumulation. The land-cover mosaic combines urban land (38%), improved grassland (30%), and woodland (30%), giving a mixed agricultural and semi-natural landscape. In overall character, this is steeply-sloping terrain at modest elevation, with land use dominated by urban land.

Terrain measurements

Mean elevation31.8 m 26th pct

Max elevation93.9 m 40th pct

Mean slope5.4° 81st pct

Wetness index (TWI)10.05 30th pct

Grassland30.1% 29th pct

Woodland29.6% 81st pct

Urban land38.3% 74th pct

Where this ward sits in NI

Elevation

26th

Slope

81st

Drainage

30th

Grassland

29th

Woodland

81st

Geology and preservation

The dominant bedrock formed during the Cainozoic era (Palaeogene period). Relatively young rock formed in the last 66 million years. In Ulster, Cainozoic basalt — the lava that created the Antrim Plateau and Giant's Causeway — dominates much of the eastern landscape. Bedrock composition is uniform (complexity index 0.37), with a single dominant geological unit underlying most of the ward. A uniform geology narrows the natural lithic-resource base available to past inhabitants.

Bedrock eraCainozoic

Bedrock periodPalaeogene

Surface depositsTill

Peat coverage0.0%

Bedrock complexity0.37

Placename evidence

The placename record for this ward is small — 6 names in total — but it does include 1 pre-Christian defensive and 2 Plantation-era placenames. With this few records, the count should be treated as indicative rather than a firm characterisation.

Placename categories

Pre-Christian Defensive (rath-, dun-, lis-)1 name

Plantation Era2 names

Scheduled monuments in BALLYCASTLE

Scheduled monuments are sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, designated by the Historic Environment Division (HED).

Monument	Type	Period
Dunineny Castle	Dunineny Castle	Unknown
Mound: Dun a Mallaght	Mound: Dun A Mallaght	Iron Age
ICE HOUSE	Ice House	Post-Medieval
GLASS KILN	Glass Kiln	Unknown

Recorded historic sites

Name	Period	Type
A.P. SITE (probably modern)	Modern	Unknown
A.P. SITE: CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE	Iron Age	Unknown
BURIALS (2)	Unknown	Ritual/Funerary
Ballycastle Workhouse	Post-Medieval	Defence
CASTLE: BALLY CASTLE	Post-Medieval	Defence
DUNINENY CASTLE	Mesolithic	Defence
GRAVEYARD (O.S. memoir site; unlocated)	Unknown	Ritual/Funerary
Glass kiln – c.f. IHR03831-000-00	Post-Medieval	Agriculture
HISTORIC SETTLEMENT: BALLYCASTLE	Medieval	Defence
Ice House	Post-Medieval	Domestic
MODERN GRAVEYARD	Modern	Ritual/Funerary
MOUND (possibly motte): DUN A MALLAGHT	Iron Age	Defence
RATH & SOUTERRAIN; also associated features	Early Medieval	Defence
STONE-LINED WELL	Post-Medieval	Unknown
Workhouse Burial Grounds	Post-Medieval	Ritual/Funerary

Listed buildings in BALLYCASTLE

Address / Name	Grade	Period
Tow Bridge Mary Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	B2	1840 – 1859
S S Patrick & Brigid’s Church Moyle Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	B1	1860 – 1879
Former Northern Bank 12 Market Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6DP	B1	1860 – 1879
Market Yard Market Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	B2	1860 – 1879
McKinley & Clarke 72 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	B+	1800 – 1819
70 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	B2	1760 – 1779
62 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	B1	1760 – 1779
60 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	B1	1760 – 1779
78 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	B2	1760 – 1779
80 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	B2	1760 – 1779
Royal Bar 5 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	B1	1740 – 1759
14 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	B1	1800 – 1819
Ulster Bank 20 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	B1	1900 – 1919
Haugheys 36 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	B1	1880 – 1899
Masonic Hall 56 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	B2	1880 – 1899
Postbox Corner of Rathlin Road & Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	B2	1900 – 1919
Holy Trinity Church The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim	A	1740 – 1759
O’Connor Memorial The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim	B1	1880 – 1899
7 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
9 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
31 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
33 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
41 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
43 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
47 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1880 – 1899
Hybla 36 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BH	B1	1840 – 1859
51-57 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1900 – 1919
59 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	B2	1900 – 1919
4 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	B2	1860 – 1879
5 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	B2	1860 – 1879
The Promenade 7 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	B2	1860 – 1879
Merryview 13 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	B2	1840 – 1859
1 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
2 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
3 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
4 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
5 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
6 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
7 Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
4a Old Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BZ	B2	1860 – 1879
Water Pump Former Coastguard Cottages North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	B2	1880 – 1899
Manor House Home Mary Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6QH	B2	1720 – 1739
Tow Railway Viaduct Fairhill Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	B2	1860 – 1879
Silversprings House 20 Quay Road AKA 20 Silverspring Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6ED	B1	1920 – 1939
Rosemary Cottage 27 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	B2	1840 – 1859
Shangarry 45 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	B1	1880 – 1899
County Primary School 43 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	B2	1920 – 1939
Kenmara 45 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	B2	1880 – 1899
Ballycastle Presbyterian Church Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	B2	1820 – 1839
Presbyterian Church hall Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	B2	1880 – 1899
31-33 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	B2	1740 – 1759
'Earth Works' 51 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	B2	1740 – 1759
'McKeague' 53 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	B2	1740 – 1759
'Kate's Barber Shop' and apartment 55 and 55A Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	B2	1860 – 1879
Ballycastle Museum (former court house) 59 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	B+	1740 – 1759
The House of McDonnell 71 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	B1	1880 – 1899
73 Castle Street (including 'Cut & Style') Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	B1	1780 – 1799
'The Antrim Arms Hotel' 75 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	B1	1740 – 1759
The Boyd Arms, 4 The Diamond, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AW	B+	1760 – 1779
58 Castle Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AR	B2	1760 – 1779
Parochial House 6 Market Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6DP	Record Only	1860 – 1879
Scout Hall 8 Market Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6DP	Record Only	1820 – 1839
10 Market Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6DP	Record Only	1820 – 1839
Store near northeast end of Clare Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AT	Record Only	1900 – 1919
68 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1760 – 1779
64-66 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1760 – 1779
56 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1760 – 1779
54 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1840 – 1859
52 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1840 – 1859
48-50 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1760 – 1779
46 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1840 – 1859
74 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1820 – 1839
82 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1820 – 1839
84 Castle Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1820 – 1839
3 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1820 – 1839
2 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1820 – 1839
Ballycastle Credit Union 1 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1920 – 1939
2 Ann Street ('Selma's') Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1840 – 1859
4 Ann Street ('Snip') Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1840 – 1859
6/8 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1820 – 1839
10 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1840 – 1859
12 Ann Street ('The Central Bar') Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1980 – 1999
16 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1840 – 1859
18 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1840 – 1859
Herald’s Restaurant 22 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6EE	Record Only	1840 – 1859
First Trust Bank 32-34 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1900 – 1919
Northern Bank 24 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1960 – 1979
28 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AD	Record Only	1840 – 1859
8-9 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1840 – 1859
7 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1840 – 1859
6 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1840 – 1859
3 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
5 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
21 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1840 – 1859
23 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1840 – 1859
25- 27 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1860 – 1879
Post Box 25 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1920 – 1939
29 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1740 – 1759
35 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
37 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
39 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
45 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
49 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
Marine Hotel 1-3 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	Record Only	—
11 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1740 – 1759
13 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1740 – 1759
15 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1740 – 1759
17-19 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1840 – 1859
Stone Built Store behind 59 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AA	Record Only	1880 – 1899
War Memorial Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	1920 – 1939
Atlantic House 8 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	Record Only	1860 – 1879
10 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	Record Only	1860 – 1879
Angler’s Arms 12 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	Record Only	1860 – 1879
49 & 51 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	Record Only	1820 – 1839
Harbour Bar 6 North St Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN	Record Only	1820 – 1839
5 Bayview Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BT	Record Only	1840 – 1859
Former Railway Station Council Yard Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	1880 – 1899
Moyle District Council Offices Sheskburn House 7 Mary Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6QH	Record Only	1940 – 1959
Granny Rock Bayview Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	Pre 1600
22 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BH	Record Only	1920 – 1939
Fish Store Bayview Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	1860 – 1879
Burial Grounds Clare Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	1920 – 1939
8 Fairhill Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AY	Record Only	1840 – 1859
Dunineny Castle Ruins Clare Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	Pre 1600
Former Harbour Wall Mary Street Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	1740 – 1759
Coastguard Look-Out Clare Road Ballycastle Co Antrim	Record Only	1940 – 1959
61 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AB	Record Only	1980 – 1999
69 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AB	Record Only	1880 – 1899
71 Ann St Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AB	Record Only	1880 – 1899
73 Ann St Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AB	Record Only	1880 – 1899
75/77/79 Ann Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AB	Record Only	1900 – 1919
10 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1740 – 1759
11 The Diamond Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AW	Record Only	1980 – 1999
1 & 3 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	Record Only	—
7 & 9 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	Record Only	1880 – 1899
5 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	Record Only	1880 – 1899
Railway Bridge Fairhill Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6AY	Record Only	1860 – 1879
4 Bayview Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BT	Record Only	1880 – 1899
47 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ	Record Only	1820 – 1839
'Noel's Pound Coiner' 25 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1820 – 1839
27-29 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1900 – 1919
35-37 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1860 – 1879
'Castle Pharmacy' and apartments 39-39B Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1780 – 1799
'The Framer's Corner' / 'The Taíse Gallery' (and apartment over) 41-41A-B Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1740 – 1759
'A Taste of China' and apartment over 43-43A Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1740 – 1759
47, 47A, 47B and 47C Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1740 – 1759
49 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1740 – 1759
'Craig's' 57 Castle Street Ballycastle Conty Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1740 – 1759
61, 61A and 61B Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AR	Record Only	1880 – 1899
63-65 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1740 – 1759
67-69 Castle Street 25 Castle Street Ballycastle County Antrim BT54 6AS	Record Only	1840 – 1859
K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Boyles Shop North Street Ballycastle BT54 6BN	B2	1940 – 1959

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About this profile

What is a ward?

A ward is the smallest electoral and statistical geography used by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The boundaries used here are the 2014 NISRA / OSNI Wards (462 across Northern Ireland), each typically covering 1-700 km² and a population of a few thousand. Wards do not align with parishes, townlands, or any historic administrative unit — they are a modern statistical convenience, used here only as a fixed spatial frame within which to summarise heritage records.

What counts as a site?

Three distinct heritage record types are reported separately, not combined: (1) Historic Sites — entries in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR), the inventory of recorded archaeological sites and findspots, dated from prehistoric to early-modern; (2) Scheduled Monuments — sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 and maintained by the Historic Environment Division (HED); (3) Listed Buildings — buildings of architectural or historic interest protected under the Planning Act (NI) 2011 and graded A, B+, B1, B2, or Record-Only by HED. A site appearing in more than one register is counted in each register independently.

Editorial principles

These ward profiles describe evidence, not history. They report what is recorded, not what occurred. Where the data is ambiguous, we say so. We do not infer historical processes — population movements, settlement expansion, periods of decline — from patterns in the record. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: in Northern Ireland, where antiquarian survey was uneven and modern excavation is geographically biased, a gap in the record almost always reflects the limits of recording rather than a genuine historical absence. We mark such gaps explicitly where they appear in the data.

Limits of coverage and known caveats

Several caveats apply to every ward profile: (1) NISMR coverage is uneven across NI — some areas (notably parts of the south-east and the Belfast urban fringe) have been more intensively surveyed than others, so a low recorded site count does not reliably indicate a low past density of activity; (2) period attributions in NISMR are often 'Unknown', and chronological breakdowns reported here reflect only the dated subset; (3) placename classification depends on the Irish-language form (name_ga), which is recorded for approximately 50% of NI placenames in the combined sources, so ecclesiastical and pre-Christian counts may be understated where anglicised forms remain unparsed; (4) terrain percentile ranks compare each ward only to the other 461 NI wards; they are not absolute thresholds. For absence-dominant land cover categories (wetland, water, cropland), percentile ranks are suppressed below 1% raw value, since the ranking of zero-value wards is not meaningful.

Data sources (11)

Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR)
Historic sites — counts, types, periods, coordinates

Historic Environment Division (HED), Department for Communities · Licence: Crown copyright; data published for public viewing
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/nismr-public-mapviewer
HED Scheduled Monuments Dataset
Scheduled Monument records — names, types, scheduled areas, periods

Historic Environment Division (HED), Department for Communities · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/@historic-environment-division/scheduled-monuments-northern-ireland
HED Historic Buildings Record
Listed buildings — addresses, grades, dates of construction

Historic Environment Division (HED), Department for Communities · Licence: Crown copyright; record published for public viewing
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/historic-environment/listed-buildings
OSNI OS Open Names (Northern Ireland)
Placenames — settlement and topographic feature names

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/@ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland/osni-open-data—50k-gazetteer
Logainm — Placenames Database of Ireland
Placenames — Irish-language (name_ga) forms, including NI townlands

Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University · Licence: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://www.logainm.ie/
GeoNames
Placenames — supplementary settlement and feature names

GeoNames · Licence: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://www.geonames.org/
Census 2021 (Northern Ireland)
Population — total residents, households, average household size

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/2021-census
OSNI Open Data — Largescale Boundaries
Ward and Local Government District boundaries

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/@ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland/osni-open-data-largescale-boundaries-wards-2012
Copernicus GLO-30 DEM
Terrain — elevation, slope, derived TWI

European Space Agency / Copernicus · Licence: Free and open access (Copernicus DEM data licence)
https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/collections/copernicus-digital-elevation-model
ESA WorldCover
Land cover — grassland, woodland, cropland, wetland, urban categories

European Space Agency · Licence: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://esa-worldcover.org/
GSNI 1:250,000 Geology
Bedrock geology, superficial deposits

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland · Licence: Crown copyright; open access for public viewing
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/maps/

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