Straid is a Village in the county of County Antrim.

Straid postcode: BT39 9NQ

Retail in Straid

There are great places to visit near Straid including some great villages, towns and cities.

There are a several good villages in the area around Straid like Portrush.

Straid's best nearby towns can be found at Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Ballymoney, Ballymena, Ballycastle, and Antrim.

The area close to Straid boasts some of the best cities including Lisburn.

Straid History

There are some historic monuments around Straid:

• Rectangular Earthwork and Enclosure
• Raised Rath
• Circular earthwork
• Barrow
• Mound
• Raised Rath
• Ring Barrow
• Motte and two baileys 'Duncrue Fort
• Standing Stone
• Castle Lug or Clogh-na-Larty
• STANDING STONE
• Motte: Kilwaughter Mote
• Findspots of Flint & Pottery
• Multivallate rath and souterrain
• Raised rath
• Barrow
• Bivallate Rath
• Motte: Dunisland fort
• Platform rath
• Round Cairn
• Counterscarp Rath
• Church ruins and graveyard
• Barrow
• Counterscarp Rath
• Church and graveyard
• Findspots of Flint & Pottery
• Motte
• Mound 'Fairy Mound'. Has been added to with soil from the creation of the layby
• Motte
• WWII Home Guard Storage Buildings
• Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Barrow
• Ecclesiastical enclosure with souterrains
• Court tomb
• Premonstratension Abbey (Druin La Croix
• Ring Barrow
• Rath
• Raised Rath
• Hilltop round cairn
• Rath
• Platform rath
• Mound: possible motte
• Raised rath: Gabbin's Fort