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Location. The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (locally pronounced carrick-a-reed) is a rope bridge near Ballintoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede (from Irish Carraig a' Ráid, meaning 'rock of the casting'). [ 1 ] It spans 20 metres (66 ft) and is 30 metres (98 ft) above the rocks ...
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Chatting to the National Trust man at Carrick-a-Rede yesterday I was told that no fishing has taken place from the island for the last 5 years as catches had dropped from 300 fish a day in the 1960's to 300 in a whole season by 2001 due to over-fishing. I'll amend the article if no-one objects. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orfy ( talk ...
Michael McBride - BBC News NI. August 30, 2024 at 3:21 AM. A man has been airlifted from Carrick-a-Rede island near the famous rope bridge in County Antrim by a Coastguard search and rescue ...
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Ballintoy (from Irish Baile an Tuaigh 'the northern townland' ⓘ) is a small village, townland (of 274 acres) [1] and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is alongside the B15 coast road, 28 km (17 mi) north-east of Coleraine, 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Ballycastle and between it and Bushmills. It is in the historic barony of Cary. [1]
Forbes Road from Fort Lyttleton to Fort Duquesne. The Forbes Road, a historic military roadway in what was then British America, was initially completed in 1758 from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the French Fort Duquesne at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in what is now downtown Pittsburgh, via Fort Loudon, Fort Lyttleton, Fort Bedford and Fort Ligonier.
Inca rope bridges are simple suspension bridges over canyons, gorges and rivers (pongos) constructed by the Inca Empire. The bridges were an integral part of the Inca road system and exemplify Inca innovation in engineering. Bridges of this type were useful since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport – traffic was limited to ...