Ardbrin
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Ardbrin ({{Irish derived place name|Árd Brain|Bran’s height}}) is a townland of 1,007 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland.{{cite web|title=Ardbrin|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11809|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=18 April 2015}} It is situated in the civil parish of Annaclone and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half.{{cite web|title=Ardbrin|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=Ire Atlas Townlands Database|accessdate=18 April 2015}}
It is the largest townland in the parish and contains a cemetery marking the site of the ancient parish church. The townland contains part of the village of Annaclone having a population of around 150 people, the remainder being in the townland of Tullintanvally.
Archaeology
An Iron Age bronze trumpet, known as the 'Ardbrin Horn', was found in bogland at Ardbrin in the 19th century. The horn is 1.42m long{{cite book|last1=Raftery|first1=Barry|title=The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age|date=1994|publisher=Thames and Hudson|location=London|page=154}} and made from riveted and shaped bronze sheets, including 1,094 rivets.{{cite book|last1=O'Kelly|first1=MJ|title=Early Ireland|date=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|page=272}} It may have been an instrument for display and use on special occasions.{{cite book|last1=Green|first1=Miranda|title=The Celtic World|page=645}} It is held in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.{{cite web|title=Trip to Dublin to see the Ardbrin Horn|url=http://www.annaclonehistory.com/|website=Annaclone History|accessdate=18 April 2015}}
See also
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Category:Townlands of County Down
Category:Civil parish of Annaclone
Category:Archaeological sites in County Down
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