{{short description |Townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=September 2020}} thumb|right|250px|Portal tomb in Killynaght townland in 2006 '''Killynaght''' is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Leckpatrick and covers an area of 489 acres.<ref>{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref>
The name derives from the Irish: ''Coill Uí Neacht'' (O Knaght's wood).<ref>{{cite web| title=Killynaght| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=1140| accessdate=19 December 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1841 the population of the townland was 191 people (40 houses) and in 1851 it was 155 people (29 houses).<ref>{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336901| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114034328/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336901| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 January 2013| accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref>
The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a portal tomb (grid ref: C3909 0113),<ref>{{cite web|title=Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012) |work=NI Environment Agency |url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/the_schedule_of_historic_monuments_-_october_2012-2.pdf |accessdate=19 December 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026155955/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/the_schedule_of_historic_monuments_-_october_2012-2.pdf |archivedate=26 October 2013 |df= }}</ref> a collapsed single chambered tomb of four stones, known locally as The Rocking Stone.<ref>{{cite web | title=Killynaght Portal Tomb| work=Megalithic Monuments of Ireland| url=http://megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/TYRONE/Killynaght_PortalTomb.html | accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref> The capstone is about 1m thick and 2m square.<ref>{{cite web | title=Killynaght Portal Tomb| work=Megalithomania| url=http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1617 | accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref>
==See also== *List of townlands of County Tyrone *List of archaeological sites in County Tyrone
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