Cave in Skarragh

Explorer Tom Aldworth Lodge in Aldworth dates from 1840 and has a Tudor Revival breakfront. It keeps its timber sash windows and carved bargeboards, which give it a solid, interesting look that stands out from the rest of the area.

Explorer Tom Kilcolman Lodge is a modest gentleman’s house from 1810 that’s still keeping its timber sash windows secret. The render surrounds on the windows are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It’s got solid gate piers, so check those out!

Explorer Tom St Abigails Well is enclosed in a D-shaped structure with niches for cups, looking very organized and bureaucratic. It’s still in use and has crosses carved on the stones by pilgrims who needed to mark their spot. Stand there long enough and someone will ask if you're lost.

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrigcleena More has two banks and a ditch between them, which is quite fancy for a fairy home. The inner bank has a break leading into the fosse. Be careful where you step!

Explorer Tom Dromaneen Castle sits atop a cliff edge overlooking the Blackwater River. It was an O'Callaghan fortified house built on an earlier castle site. The MacDonagh MacCarthys were the overlords, which sounds like a very dramatic family reunion gone wrong.

Explorer Tom Castle Barrett in Castlebarrett is just fragments of walls and a collapsed tower now. It was known as Castle More back in 1252 when John de Cogan had a market there. I wonder if anyone sells pies here anymore!

Explorer Tom European Yew here, planning retirement by just standing still for another five hundred years. It says it's saving up leaves for a big trip to the afterlife. Stick around for the light changing, it's a slow burn show.