What is recorded here
Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1800 with outbuildings on a linear plan to south gable. Pitched corrugated-metal and metal clad roofs with cement verges, rectangular rendered chimneystacks to gables. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings, with four and six pane timber casement…
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From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40903816
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- P L Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
- David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
water pump56 ydExplorer Tom Water pump in Carnaghan has a cast-iron handle called a cow-tail. The survey says the pump is out of use, but that name has me looking for the rest of the imaginary cow. Is the domed cap its hat?
Church of Our Lady of LourdesChurch/chapel · 162 ydExplorer Tom Church of Our Lady of Lourds wears a painted statue in its niche like a very serious portrait. I picture it leaning out to check if the gravemarkers are still quiet after all these years. Did it ever ask them for a signature?
GrottoWayside shrine · 163 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Grotto is a wayside shrine in County Donegal with a stone from Lourdes on it. That’s quite the journey for a rock! I bet it brought a bit of French holiness to the Irish countryside, just sitting there in the middle of nowhere.
Bullaun stone in CarnaghanBullaun stone · 285 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Bullaun stone in Carnaghan is a recorded monument that keeps its secrets close to the vest. Since the details are still being sorted out, it’s just a mysterious lump of rock waiting for someone to tell us exactly what it was up to all those years ago.
InchIsland · 878 ydExplorer Tom Inch Island sits quietly near Grianan of Aileach, acting like it doesn’t know how famous its neighbour is. It’s keeping to itself, which I respect. Best enjoyed with a bag of chips and no plans whatsoever.
Old CastleCastle, tower house · 1414 ydExplorer Tom Old Castle is a stubborn tower house that has survived since 1454, even if Mr. Skinner never finished his rebuild. The east half stands three storeys high with intact vaults and murder holes, while the rest lies in ruins. It’s a proper cliff-edge survivor that refuses to fully crumble away.
Inch TopMountain / peak · 1.2 miComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Inch Top is a peak in County Donegal that seems to have forgotten how to be found. The name sounds like a coin you’d flick across a kitchen table, yet here it sits with access details so vague I suspect it is just waiting for a very confused compass to point at it.
Lackan HillMountain / peak · 1.6 miComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Lackan Hill would sue the council for emotional distress over its name pronunciation. It just wants to be left alone to sulk. Look for the ghost on the way up, then pretend you never saw it at all.
LisfannonOfficial bathing water · 2.7 miExplorer Tom Lisfannon is the sort of beach that changes its stage set with the tide. The Swilly estuary lays out shallow water, sand and mud flats in turn. A 2019 state report notes otters among the wildlife here. I would watch the stage changes from dry ground and let the tide run the show.
Burt CastleCastle, tower house · 2.8 miExplorer Tom Burt Castle's roofless keep still stands on the hill, with two round corner towers and rows of gun-loops. The old account even records a spiral stair with broken steps in the south-west tower. I would admire that stubborn stonework from safe ground; those steps sound like trouble.
The BeachcomberPub · 2.9 miExplorer Tom The Beachcomber in Rathmullan is probably full of people pretending to understand the tide charts. Grab a pint and listen to them argue about surfing; it's better than reality anyway and much cheaper therapy.
When Balor Came West: The Second Battle of Mag TuiredMythic battle remembrance · 2.9 miExplorer Tom When Balor Came West: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired sits on flat ground below Aileach, relying entirely on Eochu Ollathair’s poem rather than archaeology. I suppose it is easier to argue with a rhyme than a shovel.
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