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Dungannon is a town in Scott County, Virginia. The population was 257 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It was named after the town of Dungannon in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland .
Across the Clinch River from Dungannon, directly south of the bridge [6 36°49′51″N 82°27′35″W / 36.830833°N 82.459722°W / 36.830833; -82.459722 ( Flanary Archeological Site
Flanary Archeological Site is a landmark historic archaeological site located near Dungannon in Scott County, Virginia, United States. Located across the Clinch River from Dungannon, the site was inhabited as early as 6000 BC.
Scott County is a county located in the far southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia, on the border with Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,576. [1]
The Burning of Dungannon took place in June 1602 when Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, abandoned and set fire to Dungannon, the traditional capital of the O'Neills. It marked the beginning of the final stage of Tyrone's Rebellion when the Earl became a fugitive, before his sudden reprieve the following year.
A two-story, double-pile, coursed limestone structure, Bloomfield is the oldest Larue home still standing. Jacob's father, Isaac, built his home, Claremont, a short distance away in 1778. Claremont is a two-story, three-bay, coursed limestone, vernacular building very similar in form to Bloomfield.
An older name for the river, which appears on some early maps, was the "Pelisipi River", with such variant spellings as "Pelisippi" and "Pellissippi", and the variant form "Fiume Pelissipi". [1] The Mitchell Map (1755–1757) labels a tributary of the "Pelisipi River" as "Clinch's River".
There is archeological evidence of a Late Woodland Period occupation on the site. "An archeological survey, conducted in 1991, confirmed that there is at least one extensive Late Woodland Period (AD 800-1600) prehistoric Indian village located on the farm.