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Medieval (site of) & modern church & graveyard: ballyhalbert in BallyhalbertMedieval (site of) & Modern Church & Graveyard: Ballyhalbert · 18 miExplorer Tom Medieval & modern church & graveyard: Ballyhalbert is playing hide-and-seek with me. A tale from 1846 says an earl…
Standing StoneArchaeological place · 18 miExplorer Tom Standing Stone in County Down handles nosey neighbours by simply standing still while they talk, which drives them…
Kirkistown CemeteryCemetery · 19 miExplorer Tom Kirkistown Cemetery in County Down is guarding a secret: if you don’t wave to the graves, you’ll trip over your own…
Kirkistown CastleCastle · 19 miExplorer Tom Kirkistown Castle is pretending to be from 1500, but I’m calling its bluff; it looks like a weekend DIY project that…
Tower-house and bawn: kirkistown castle in KirkistownTower-house and Bawn: Kirkistown Castle · 19 miExplorer Tom Kirkistown castle in Kirkistown got lost by the Vikings, who were clearly not great with directions back then. It’s the…
Windmill HillMountain / peak · 19 miExplorer Tom This Windmill Hill started because two lads made a bet in the pub that they could find a hill with no wind, which…
Enclosure in BallyspurgeEnclosure · 19 miExplorer Tom Enclosure in Ballyspurge has a local lad who swears he invented the concept of 'enclosing' things back in 1994. He…
Kearney Coastal Walk, KearneyWalking route · 19 miExplorer Tom Kearney Coastal Walk is where the oystercatchers hold court and judge your outfit. Locals swear a poet once wrote a…
Slan's GraveyardGraveyard · 19 miExplorer Tom Slan's Graveyard in County Down was once the site where a priest lost a bet involving a bagpipe and a horse. The…
Church; graveyard; cross slab and Man-made underground passage in SlanesChurch · 19 miExplorer Tom Church, graveyard, cross slab and Man-made underground passage in Slanes has a cross slab that looks like it’s about to…
Stone structure in KnockinelderStone Structure · 20 miExplorer Tom Stone structure in Knockinelder has no date, so it’s basically the eternal intern of archaeology, just hanging out…
Mitchel Park, John Mitchel's GAA, BallygalgetGAA ground · 20 miMore wrecks and historic events in Dumfries and Galloway · All of Dumfries and Galloway
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