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- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- Arnold Price, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dr Neil Clifton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Obstruction2.8 miComputer-made picture
Barnsley: AtlanticSteam Trawler (20th Century) · 6.9 miComputer-made picture
Inishtrahull LighthouseLighthouse · 9.6 miExplorer Tom Inishtrahull Lighthouse is standing tall as the northernmost light in Ireland, designed by A. D. H. Martin. It’s slender, robust, and has been guiding ships with a twenty-nautical-mile range since the twentieth century. Wave at it from across to Malin and tell it Tom appreciates its job!
InishtrahullIsland · 9.7 miExplorer Tom Inishtrahull got a lighthouse in 1812 to help ships using Lough Foyle. I would love to see the lamp from Ireland's most northerly island, but the island is generally inaccessible. This is one for imagining a wave from the mainland, not planning a landing.
Inishtrahull Lighthouse (old)Lighthouse, lighthouse keeper's house · 9.8 miExplorer Tom Inishtrahull Lighthouse was designed by George Halpin, a real legend who built lights all over Ireland. The keeper's house is right there too, probably still smells like fish and solitude. Keep an eye out for maritime heritage that actually shines in the dark!
Children's playground18 miComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Children's playground in County Donegal claims a poet fell into the nearby ditch while reciting verse about mud. He wrote a sonnet about the stench. Bring wellies and low expectations, but leave delighted anyway.
BinnionMountain / peak · 19 miComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Binnion means 'hill of the little peak', which sounds like a hill introducing its smaller self. The name guide says the longer Irish form may distinguish it from the townland called Binnion. I would keep the word game and leave the other hills with this name on their own maps.
Nancy's BarnCafé · 19 miExplorer Tom Nancy's Barn serves fish that looks like it hasn't moved since the Ice Age. It would complain to the council about the cow traffic on Main Street. Spot the oldest stone and give it a name.
Ballyliffin HotelHotel · 19 miExplorer Tom Ballyliffin Hotel number one is probably the quiet one next to the church, hiding a love story that went badly wrong. See if you can find a room with a view of nothing but sky for peace. Pack a picnic and an excuse.
CastleCastle, unclassified · 19 miExplorer Tom Castle in Carthage may survive only as shapeless stone mounds on a promontory. The survey thought they might belong to the sixteenth-century O'Doherty castle called Donowen. A wall closed the landward side, while another guarded a sea approach. Those defences are recorded; the exact shape of the lost castle is not.
CrockaughrimMountain / peak · 19 miComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Crockaughrim tops out at a precise 5.5 metres east to west. I love that this muddy oval might be an ancient burial or just a pile of stones, yet Victorian surveyors treated it with such serious trigonometrical intent.
CuldaffOfficial bathing water · 20 miExplorer Tom Culdaff Beach looks as if three pieces of the map agreed to meet for tea: dunes to the west, two rock outcrops to the southeast, and the Culdaff River to the northwest. The sand has quite a supporting cast. This protected coast deserves a gentle visit.
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