Torr Head, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim - 360 Degree - A Stop on Our Causeway Coastal Route for a Walk
Torr Head has amazing views of the surrounding glens and over the sea to Scotland. We climbed to the old customs house which is now ruins and a decent climb for some amazing views! Watch the roads around here... so so so so so small and narrow! But worth the extra challenge as the views over the coast are impressive.
While tracking down history, Torr Head was very important for specific reasons, such as recording the passage of transatlantic ships back in the 1800s in order to relay the information back to the Lloyds of London. Torr Head was also considered the last hope for the Scottish clans beckoning aid from allies in Argyllshire.
Visiting this place might for some people appear like walking around in an empty place with some ruins but there are actually a lot of things to convince people to visit this place, such as the views it could offer over the Kintyre, as well as enjoying the crashing waves and the historical intrigue.
The ruins and walls of Altagora cashel which are found in Torr Head date back to the sixth century, which means that they appeared in the place long time age before the Christian church and the Irish clans came to the place. The place is really interesting to have a walk through and check even though it might not carry the same buildings and cultural museums which are found anywhere else.
From the things that Torr Head is famous with, there is the metamorphosed limestone and it is also indicative of volcanic rock sequences in Ireland and Scotland. This place ends up having the things that make it different and special, so never worry or even consider the idea of visiting the place because it carries its own history.
For me, this place definitely carry a meaning and visiting it will always be considered important to check the whole location, get the chance to enjoy the view that it offers, and at the same time see the ruins which are found there, but on the other hand and when it comes to the kids, this place might not be as interesting as it is for me, but they enjoyed walking around and also loved going up and down the rocks there - it ended up being a different experience which we enjoyed.
Torr Head is located in Ballycastle in county Antrim, Northern Ireland; Ballycastle is a small town that is found on the north-easternmost coastal tip of the island of Ireland at the northern mainland limit of the Antrim Coast and Glens are of outstanding beauty ( From Ballycastle, the Rathlin Island and the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland could be viewed and seen from the coastline, which as we have mentioned could be spotted from Torr Head.
Torr Head is located in Ballycastle in County Antrim, but there are other places and locations which we have visited as well and which you could also check and stop by ( such as going to check the sixth door that appeared in Game of Thrones movie and which was one of the different doors that are scattered around Northern Ireland which we have made different trips to reach them all and see them in real ( The door that is located in Ballycastle is found in the Fullerton Arms Hotel and lots of people tend to visit just to check the door and see how it looks like in the real world along with taking some pictures (
In addition to those places which we have been to, there are also other ones which we didn't still manage to make a trip to but which are considered from the attractions in Ballycastle that one have to check at some point. These locations include the Carrick-a-Rede Rope bridge, the Ballycastle Museum, Bonamargy Friary, Ballycastle Marina, Rathlin Island, Ballintoy Harbour ( Dunseverick Castle, Kinbane Castle, in addition to those tours which one could make across the coastal route or in the small town itself.
In every place you will visit in Northern Ireland or Ireland, you will definitely find something which you could do, a place which you could visit, and several things to check which might date back to a long period of time and which will be carrying history along with it. Torr Head might not carry the same importance on the list of things to do in Northern Ireland like lots of other places, but it is still considered one place to go and enjoy the views - it might be more important for the local residents who could plan a trip for it anytime and not those who might come to visit the country for a couple of days and will be more focused on checking those museums and other buildings in Belfast.
This was the trip to Torr Head which we have made, have you ever been there before? Tell us more about your experience if you have any.
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Landscape - Torr Head to Cushendun - County Antrim - Northern Ireland
Paysage - Torr Head à Cushendun - Comté d'Antrim - Irlande du Nord
Je vous invite à venir parcourir avec nous quelques sections de la route Torr (Torr Rd) au départ de Torr Head (voir vidéo en direction de la ville de Cushendun (voir vidéo Les paysages sont tout simplement époustouflants.
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Game of Thrones movie series has really brought different locations in Northern Ireland under the spotlight, making them much more famous and getting tourists to visit them more often. Not only did those places like the Dark Hedges ( that got famous, but there are even some hotels and pubs which gained more visitors because they happened to be where the ten doors are located.
The main intention of this trip was to find some of the ten doors which appeared in the movie and to do so, we headed to Cushendun, Ballintoy, and Torr Head where we also did other things like climbing the hill with the kids. All these different doors which you might have came across and witnessed in the movie are scattered across Northern Ireland - where the movie is filmed in general and even the Direwolves that appeared in the movie are Irish (
Our trip started at the Clendun Hotel in Cushendun where we started walking in search for any of the doors we came to witness. The first door we succeeded at reaching in Cushendun is located in Mary McBride's Pub; the thing is that, there are lots of those people - like us - who go to these places in search for the doors and to take a couple of pictures then leave, which we believe might still help the pub because there are those who might also decide to sit for some time and have something to drink.
After enjoying this door we have found and after taking all the pictures that we want of it, we decided to complete the journey and go searching for more of these doors. The next stop in this trip was the Torr Head; in the Torr Head we climbed that hill and we managed to get on top - that we even spotted out the car as a small dot standing down - where we managed to see this kind of castle which is destroyed that it is not even safe to get inside the rooms and check what they have, but the view from up there was magnificent with being on the sea and enjoying the good weather from there.
Leaving the Torr Head behind after checking it and getting back down to the car, we went on to complete the journey of finding and exploring the different doors, so we reached Ballintoy where the second door in this trip was found at the Fullerton Inn - the interesting thing is that those places which are homes to these doors tend to place a sign outside in order to let people know that what they are searching for is actually found inside.
While we were going back home, we passed by the Dark Hedges and drove through those trees which are a little bit scary at night ( but which was considered related to the trip due to being a place where some scenes from Game of Thrones were filmed as well.
In this trip, we have crossed two different doors off our list, but since we have made this as some kind of challenge which we want to achieve, there are other doors which we managed to visit before. From those other doors which we have seen, there is the one which is found in the Dark Horse Bar in Belfast Commercial Court ( there is also the door which is located in Percy French restaurant in Newcastle, county Down ( another door we came across was situated in Blakes of the Hollow which is a traditional Irish Victorian pub located in Enniskillen, county Fermanagh ( we also visited the Ballygally Castle Hotel where another door is located ( and we ended these with those two which we managed to reach and discover in this trip.
These places were related to the exploration of the doors in the Game of Thrones movie series, but we have also managed to visit those locations which appeared in the scenes of the movie. We have already mentioned our trip to the Dark Hedges which we truly fell in love with but which we still believe that they are considered a little bit scary at night - especially after knowing more about the legend of those ghosts which come to visit the place :-).
There are other places which we have visited and which are also related to the Game of Thrones movie, such as Cushendun Caves ( Portstewart Strand ( Lough Neagh which was referred to as smoking sea in GOT ( Toome Canal ( Binevenagh Mountain ( Leitrim Lodge ( Larrybane ( and many other destinations which we have been to and which we definitely recommend people and tourists to pay them a visit.
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