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- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
- Anne Burgess, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Crannog in Woodhill (kincraigy Ed)Crannog · 552 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Crannog in Woodhill is a stone island with a tiny hole for water to pee out. It feels like someone built a house and forgot the plumbing, so they just bored a little secret exit. I’d sit on that landing stage and wait for a boat.
Stone row in KnocknafaugherStone row · 767 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Stone row in Knocknafaugher is playing hard to get! I can’t find a single word about what it looks like, so maybe it’s just five rocks wearing a very convincing bush costume. It’s probably giggling at us while we scratch our heads.
Kill MountainMountain / peak · 1181 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Kill Mountain sits in County Donegal with access details that remain completely unknown. The name sounds like a word you’d mumble into your breakfast cereal, yet it persists as a solid geological fact without offering a single helpful footpath.
CrocknakillaMountain / peak · 1205 ydComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Crocknakilla has had so many former names that it suffers from identity crisis, constantly changing its mind about what it wants to be called. It's very indecisive and asks for your opinion on everything. Stand there long enough and someone will ask if you're lost.
The ManseManse · 1459 ydExplorer Tom The Manse in Ballymore Upper was built around 1860 with decorative ridge tiles and a balcony over its front porch. The account links it to a nearby Presbyterian church later replaced in Dunfanaghy around 1880. I thought the roof would get all the attention; the little balcony disagrees.
Faugher HouseCastle/fortified house, house · 1546 ydExplorer Tom Faugher House had four rooms on each main floor, gun holes in the yard wall and a brick oven in the kitchen. Was this a home or a stronghold? Both, I think! The house rose in the late 1600s inside a defended yard from about 1611. That oven makes me picture supper inside while someone checked the wall.
Kill Old Church GraveyardGraveyard · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Kill Old Church Graveyard is roughly 50 by 25 metres, with its church in the northern part. A 1622 report called that church newly rebuilt and well repaired; it remained in use until a new one was built at Ballymore in 1752. I enjoy the change in viewpoint: the same place can be 'newly' repaired in one document and old church on this map.
Ards Forest ParkForest recreation place · 1.4 miExplorer Tom Ards Forest Park puts four ringfort remains, a holy well and a Mass rock among walks that also reach salt marsh and sand dunes. Ancient stones and sea air make a rather full day here.
KillahoeyOfficial bathing water · 1.4 miExplorer Tom Killahoey has a beach with a second act: an estuary and broad mud flat at the eastern end. Horn Head is in the audience. I might end up watching the birds instead of the waves, which is exactly the sort of distraction I came for.
Shandon HotelHotel · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Shandon Hotel in Donegal sounds like it’s been standing there since the Viking era. Ask a receptionist how old it really is and see if they blink.
Children's playground1.5 miComputer-made pictureExplorer Tom Children's playground in County Donegal is where I sat with a flask and contemplated the void. Best deep thoughts happen on a bench, trust me. A proper spot for a flask of tea and a big think.
Arnold's HotelHotel · 1.6 miExplorer Tom Arnold's Hotel in County Donegal claims to be fancy, but I bet you the pillows are made of pure gossip. Sleep tight, or don't, it's your call really.
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