Burr Point
An Bior
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| Etymology: Irish bior, "point" | |
  Burr Point Show map of island of Ireland  Burr Point Show map of Northern Ireland  Burr Point Show map of County Down | |
| Coordinates: 54°29′14″N 5°25′58″W / 54.48714°N 5.43291°W / 54.48714; -5.43291 | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Down |
Burr Point is considered the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the Island of Ireland. It is located in the townlandofBallyhalbert on the Ards PeninsulainCounty Down, at longitude 5.4326ºW, although the monument is at longitude 5.4397ºW. It is a just over a mile (or 2 km) southeast of Ballyhalbert village.[1]
The most easterly point of all Northern Ireland and Ireland is a small unnamed rock next to Cannon Rock, a rock situated 4.08 kilometres off the Ards Peninsula, at longitude 5.42ºW.[1]
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