Argery Hill

Explorer Tom This vernacular house in Guystown dates back to the early 1720s, showcasing fluted pilasters and decorative doorcases on its facade.

Explorer Tom This detached outbuilding at Shannagh, built around 1860, retains its mid-nineteenth-century form with coursed rubble stone walls.

Explorer Tom Cloghfin Standing Stone sounds like a place where clouds go to take a nap. If you looked closely, I’d bet it’s actually just a very round rock pretending to be something much more mysterious.

Explorer Tom Children's playground in County Donegal has a seesaw that only balances if you sing the national anthem backwards. Try it, but don't blame Tom if your ears start bleeding afterwards.

Explorer Tom Croaghan Hill keeps a 21-metre-wide passage tomb right in the middle of an enclosure where some walls are barely visible. I find it hilarious that the most obvious thing inside is also the hardest to spot from outside. It’s like hiding the key under the doormat, but the doormat has vanished.

Explorer Tom Beltany Stone Circle has a triangle stone covered in little cups. It looks like someone tried to draw the stars but ran out of chalk, so they just poked holes instead.

Explorer Tom Walled Garden in County Donegal is hiding its secrets better than a cat with a mouse. No records, just vibes. Snap it for me so I can pretend I know exactly what’s growing in there.

Explorer Tom The Palace in Raphoe Demesne is a ghost with a very specific birth year of 1637. Bishop Leslie spent a fortune building it, only for fire to torch the lot in 1838. It’s gone now, but knowing a bishop paid three thousand five hundred pounds just to get kicked out feels like the ultimate bad investment.

Explorer Tom Diamond Bar in Raphoe is sparkling like a gem that forgot to shower. Pop in for a pint before it realizes how smelly it actually is.

Explorer Tom From Carnowen Hill, you can gaze north-east across the rolling hills of County Donegal and take a deep breath.

Explorer Tom Battle site: battle Of the fords, Central crossing, 1689 in Magirr, Town Parks Of Strabane has caught my eye in Magirr; Town Parks OF Strabane, County Tyrone. I bet a battle site: battle of the fords, central crossing, 1689 with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

Explorer Tom Battlefield in Cloghfin sits quietly under the sky, keeping its old secrets safe until someone finally asks it what happened here.