Broighter
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| type = townland
| native_name = {{langx|ga|Brú Íochtair }}
| translit_lang1 = Irish
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| translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ga|Brú Íochtair}}
| translit_lang1_type1 = Meaning:
| translit_lang1_info1 = "lower fort"
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| subdivision_name = United Kingdom
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| subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Londonderry
| subdivision_type3 = Barony
| subdivision_name3 = Keenaght
| subdivision_type4 = Civil parish
| subdivision_name4 = Tamlaght Finlagan
| leader_title = Council
| leader_name = Causeway Coast and Glens
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Broighter ({{Irish place name|Brú Íochtair|lower fort}}) is a townland in west County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies {{convert|4.4|mi|0}} northwest of Limavady and {{convert|2.5|mi|0}} northeast of Ballykelly. Broighter is part of Causeway Coast and Glens district.
The townland covers {{convert|152|acre|km2}} and in the 1911 census of Ireland it had six occupied houses and 20 inhabitants (9 males and 11 females).
Broighter Hoard
The Broighter Hoard was discovered in 1896 by two farm labourers, Tomas Nicholl and James Morrow, who were hard at work double ploughing a field for local farmer Joseph L Gibson. The hoard includes a {{convert|7|in|cm|adj=mid|-long}} gold boat, a gold torc and bowl and some other jewellery.{{Cite book |last=Macalister |first=Robert Alexander Stewart |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3711841 |title=The archaeology of Ireland |date=1977 |publisher=Arno Press |isbn=0-405-09132-X |location=New York |pages=235 |oclc=3711841}} A design from the hoard has been used as an image on the 1996 issue of the Northern Ireland British one-pound coins and the gold ship featured in a design on the last Irish one-pound coins. The Broighter Collar and Broighter Ship also featured on definitive postage stamps of Ireland from 1990 to 1995. The National Museum of Ireland, who now hold the hoard, describe the torc as the "finest example of Irish La Tène goldworking". Replicas of the collection are kept at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.
Transport
Broighter railway station was opened by the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway on 29 December 1852, but closed on 3 July 1950.
See also
References
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|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/58017
|title=Brú Íochtair/Broighter
|publisher=Placenames Database of Ireland
|access-date=29 December 2018}}
|url=https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/keenaght/tamlaght-finlagan/broighter
|title=Broighter Townland, Co. Londonderry
|website=townlands.ie
|access-date=29 December 2018}}
|url=http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp
|title=AA Route Planner
|access-date=29 December 2018}}
|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/
|title=The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
|access-date=29 December 2018}}
|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Myroe/Broighter/
|title=Houses in Broighter (Myroe, Londonderry)
|website=Census of Ireland 1911
|publisher=National Archives of Ireland
|access-date=29 December 2018}}
|url=http://www.irishcoinage.com/K00001.HTM
|title=Millennium Pound - Silver Piedfort Proof
|website=irishcoinage.com
|access-date=28 July 2010}}
[http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/list/8-major-pieces.aspx?article=33b0a53d-0f90-49ca-a280-16260a062a04 The Broighter Hoard] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619010812/http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/list/8-major-pieces.aspx?article=33b0a53d-0f90-49ca-a280-16260a062a04 |date=19 June 2010 }}, National Museum of Ireland, accessed July 2010
|url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf
|title=Broighter station
|work=Railscot - Irish Railways
|access-date=29 December 2018}}
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{{County Londonderry}}
Category:Townlands of County Londonderry
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