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The Fun Castle: Bunratty Castle & Folk Park

on June 6, 2016 Castles Historical Ireland Road Trip Ruins 137 views add comment

Bunratty Castle is one of the more complete tower fortifications in Ireland. After visiting several castles of which all that remained were ruinous structures, the 15th century Bunratty Castle and Folk Park was a welcome

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Hiking to the Carrowkeel Tombs

As we headed south into Ireland from Northern Ireland, we stopped at the Carrowkeel Passage Tombs as the middle point of our road trip. We had intended to do a quick stretch of our legs

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Beautiful Mussenden Temple

on June 4, 2016 Beach Historical Northern Ireland Road Trip 70 views add comment

The Mussenden Temple in County Londonderry of Northern Ireland is a beautiful, historical attraction situated on a cliff overlooking Downhill Demesne Beach. The best part about it? No tourist crowds. By the time we drove

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The Remains of Dunseverick Castle

on June 4, 2016 Castles Historical Northern Ireland Ruins 83 views add comment

Dunseverick Castle is another cliffside fortification of Northern Ireland but unlike Dunluce Castle that we visited previously, all that remains today are the ruins of the old castle gate house. There is an easy trail

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Dunluce Castle

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Dunluce Castle is one of Northern Ireland's most epic castle ruins: it's located on the coastal edge of a basalt cliff and surrounded by steep drops on either side. The current castle was built in

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The Dark Hedges & Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

on June 4, 2016 Beach Historical Northern Ireland Road Trip UK 95 views add comment

We're combining two attractions of Northern Ireland into one post, mainly because they didn't quite turned out as we had planned. The Dark Hedges and the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge were both gorgeous, but we didn't

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Road Trip Through Beautiful Isle of Skye

on June 2, 2016 Historical Road Trip Scotland UK isle of skye 121 views add comment

Here are a few photo highlights from our quick trip through the Isle of Skye. We wish we had been able to spend more time there as it turned out to be one of our

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The Unstan Cairn in Someone’s Backyard

on May 31, 2016 Historical Road Trip Ruins Scotland UK neolithic orkney 84 views add comment

In our previous post, we skateboarded into the Isbister Chambered Cairn (aka Tomb of the Eagles) on the southern end of the Orkney Islands. As we headed back to the ferry from that excursion, we made

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Tomb of the Eagles

on May 31, 2016 Hikes Historical Road Trip Ruins Scotland UK neolithic orkney 122 views add comment

We admit that the idea of skateboarding into a 5,000 year old tomb intrigued us into visiting the Tomb of the Eagles (also known as the Isbister Chambered Cairn) on the Orkney Islands. There are

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Skara Brae, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

on May 31, 2016 Historical Road Trip Ruins Scotland UK orkney 241 views add comment

Several years ago we watched 'A History of Britain' by Simon Schama to get an idea of places we wanted to visit on our 2014 UK trip. This BBC documentary begins in the stone-age village

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