Calmore
| Calmore | |
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| Irish transcription(s) | |
| • Derivation: | An Coll Mór |
| • Meaning: | "The great/large hazel" |
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| Coordinates: 54°48′14″N 6°42′47″W / 54.804°N 6.713°WCoordinates: 54°48′14″N 6°42′47″W / 54.804°N 6.713°W | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | County Londonderry |
| Barony | Loughinsholin |
| Civil parish | Kilcronaghan |
| Plantation grant | Drapers Company and Crown freeholds |
| First recorded | 1609 |
| Settlements | Tobermore |
| Government | |
| • Council | Magherafelt District Council |
| • Ward | Tobermore |
| Area | |
| • Total | 112.90 ha (278.98 acres) |
| Irish grid ref | H8295 |
Calmore (locally [ˌkalˈmoːr] and [ˌkɔlˈmoːr], from Irish: An Coll Mór, meaning "the great/large hazel") is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north-west of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Granny, Moneyshanere, Moyesset, and Tobermore. It was apportioned to the Drapers company as well as Crown freeholds.
The townland is currently part of Tobermore electoral ward of Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District. It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.
The townland of Calmore is named after a large ancient hazel tree that was said to have been used in pagan ceremonies.
The townland of Calmore appears to have formerly been a place of some importance, attested by a crannog that once lay in an ancient lake in the townland. This crannog is stated as having been of a tolerable large size and constructed of an oak frame, composed of large logs and planks bound together by wooden pins. This frame was enclosed by long poles, standing upright and fastened by mortices. In April 1835, at the crannog, a flat bottomed boat of oak was discovered, containing several oak boards that served as seats. This boat appeared to have had no nail or iron work, being completely hallowed out from the trunk of a tree. In the 1780s a smaller boat of similar construction had also been found, but had been scuttled and sunk several times. It is stated that these boats may have been either pleasure or fishing boats belonging to Calmore Castle.
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