Struell Wells was built around a stream flowing through a secluded valley. It was a popular place of pilgrimage from the 1600s until the 1840s. The waters were believed to have curative powers and the site has a ruined church, two bath-houses (one for men, one for women) and two roofed wells, all fed by the stream. The wells date from before the time of Saint Patrick, and even today are used for people seeking cures. On Mid-Summer Eve (St John's Eve) and the Friday before Lammas, hundreds of pilgrims used to visit Struell. The earliest written reference to the wells is in 1306, but none of the surviving buildings is earlier than about 1600. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=catS0xYVYiU
Moyry Castle is a 17th-century campaign fort overlooks the Moyry Pass, the valley known as the ‘Gap of the North’. It has always been the main direct north-south route in eastern Ireland.
The small square tower has unusual rounded corners and numerous gun-loops, from ground-floor level right up to the wall-walk. It is a very basic castle, with no stairs. The living quarters, with fireplaces and windows, must have been reached by ladders. The wallwalk, complete with its exposed latrine, must also have been accessed by a ladder. The doorway was protected by a gun-loop to one side and by a drophole in the parapet above, allowing missiles to be dropped on to attackers. The stone bawn wall which once surrounded the castle has mostly gone except for one isolated stretch to the south east.
The most famous story of this area, is about a cat. Mountjoy left his warder and 12 men to garrison the Castle in 1601. Shortly after this, his warder shot a local man reputed to be a wizard, as a spy. The wizards sole companion was an enormous black cat, who in revenge, destroyed the garrison. He slit the throats of the army's flocks and herds and carried them off. And so, for many a long day, the Cat of Moyry Castle was a terror to the soldiers of the pale.
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A trip to see the rath - a 1000+ years old ancient homestead - surrounded by mature trees. Built in the early Christian period this circular 33 metre diameter ditch and embankment would have been topped with a wall of wooden stakes to protect the family and livestock from animals and aggressive neighbours.
This monument in the Castlereagh Hills is now under the care of the National Trust
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August 2022 road trip - a visit to this impressive and well-preserved tomb. Almost eight metres long by seven metres wide, the tomb is around 4500 years old
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This tall granite Christianised standing stone is about 1.8m high by 40cm square. It is inscribed on the east face with a linear cross. The cross is about 30cm in both directions and has expanded terminals. Just like the western portal stone of Legananny Dolmen a short distance away, the stone is shouldered at the north and south side about 25cm from the top. It stands at the NE end of an oval enclosure about 40m by 20m. This is scattered with loose stones and some upright stones set in the ground. It is probably an old graveyard.
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