Visitor attractions and information - Ballymoney
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Mountsandel Fort, Mountsandel Road, Coleraine
- Tel: 028 2955 6000. Mountsandel Fort is located just south
of the town of Coleraine overlooking the River Bann at Castleroe.
It dates back to the iron age and is beside the site of the first
huntergatherer settlement in Ireland, dating from before 7000
BC. The forest walk goes from the high point at the fort to the
banks of the Bann. Open from dawn until dusk every day. Admission:
Free. About 5 miles northwest
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Giant's
Causeway Visitor Centre, 44 Causeway Road, Bushmills BT57 8SU
- Tel: 028-2073-1855. Northern Ireland's most popular tourist
destination, this large stretch of staircase-shaped rocks is
a geological freak, the result of cooled lava from volcanic eruptions
that took place over 65 million years ago. About 9 miles north of Ballymoney. |
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Dunluce Castle, near Portrush. This late-medieval
and 17th-century castle is dramatically sited on a headland dropping
sheer into the sea on the north Antrim Coast. For information
on visits to Dunluce Castle, please contact EHS (Environment
and Heritage Service) on Tel: 028 20 73 1938. There is an entrance
gate from the car-park into sloping mainland court which is linked
to the main buildings on the rock by a narrow footbridge. There
are some modern surfaces but there are also areas of original
paving and cobbles, which will make access to parts of the site
difficult for wheelchair-users. About 8 miles north of Ballymoney. |
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