Landed Estates
University of Galway

Altamenagh

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 12 houses.

Houses within 10km of Altamenagh

Displaying 12 houses.

House name Description
Drumlonagher At the time of Griffith’s Valuation,in the 1850s. this property was leased from the Arran estate by Anthony McLoone, when it was valued at £46. The ruins of the mill are still visible at the site.
Farmhill (Donegal) Jacob Spence was leasing this property from the Arran estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when the complex was valued at £23, including a flax mill and a corn mill.
The Moor This house is labelled "The Moor" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s. Reverend William Ewing was leasing this property from the Arran estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s, when it was valued at £20. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map the house at this site is labelled “Vicarage”. A house is still extant at the site.
Coxtown Manor Coxtown Manor was occupied by Alexander Hamilton at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. He was leasing from the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College. The house was valued at £35. In 1901 Coxtown was occupied by William Alexander Hamilton and his family. The house is still extant and occupied Photo of Coxtown Manor
Urbalshinny William Armstrong was leasing two properties which included a house and large mill complex, from the Hamilton estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. One, leased from Andrew Hamilton, was valued at £95, while the second leased from the representatives of John Hamilton, was valued at £37. The extensive ruins of these mill buildings and their associated houses are still visible in the landscape
Brown Hall The house at Brownhall was valued at £35 at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was occupied by James Hamilton, junior who held it in fee. Brownhall is still extant and occupied. In 1837 Lewis recorded it as the seat of Edward Hamilton.The house is labelled Brownhall on all editions of Ordnance Survey maps and a house remains at the site. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the original part was constructed in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century but the house currently in use is later than that.
Tullybrook Charles Johnston was leasing this property from the estate of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The buildings were valued at £20 at the time. This house appears to have been built after the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s. It is labelled Tullybrook on the later editions. It is now a ruin.
Brown Hall (Tirhugh) James Hamilton held Brownhall in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £35. In 1837 Lewis recorded Brown Hall as the seat of Reverend Edward Hamilton. The house is labelled Brownhall on all editions of Ordnance Survey maps and a house remains at the site. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the original part was constructed in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century but the house currently in use is later than that.
Magherabeg (Tirhugh) Photo of Magherabeg (Tirhugh)
Ardchicken House At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, Samuel Fyffe was leasing this property from the Hamilton estate when it was valued at over £16. A house is still extant at this site.
Rossyvolan At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, this property was leased by Frederick Milburne from a Miss Miller. Documents relating to estate administration including this townland are held in the Hamilton of Brownhall papers at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. The site is now occupied by farm buildings.
Milltown House (Killymard) William Graham was leasing this property from the Murray Stewart estate at the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s when it was valued at £30. The house was built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map when the site was occupied by a spade foundry. Buildings are still extant at the site.