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Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image 9 North Crescent, Crown Hotel Category C(S) 45201: Upload Photo: Dunskey, Gatepiers, Gates and Boundary Walls to South Lodge
The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay. Castlebay is also within the parish of Barra. [1] The village is located on the A888, which serves as a circular road around Barra. [2] In 1971, it had a population of 307. [1]
Portpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway . The parish is about 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 km) in length and 4 miles (6 km) in breadth, covering 9,300 acres (3,800 ha).
Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland. [ 1 ] Dunskey Castle is a scheduled monument , [ 2 ] a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised ...
Typical marker. The Southern Upland Way is a 344-kilometre (214 mi) coast-to-coast long-distance footpath in southern Scotland. [2] The route links Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east via the hills of the Southern Uplands. [1]
Part of the approved route of the line was a short branch descending from the station to the north harbour to allow for the transfer of passengers and mails to packet steamers operating between Portpatrick and Donaghadee however the Admiralty who had responsibility for port works did not share the enthusiasm for development of mail services with the result that although the railway line was ...
Donaghadee was used in the 1759–1826 period by couples going to Portpatrick in Scotland to marry, as there was a daily packet boat. During this period, Portpatrick was known as the "Gretna Green for Ireland". [9] The lifeboat station at Donaghadee harbour, founded in 1910, is one of the most important on the Irish coast.
The castle is built on a rocky islet in the bay, just off the coast of Barra. It can only be reached by boat. Kisimul has its own fresh water wells. Legend has it that was the stronghold of the MacNeils since the 11th century. Kisimul was abandoned in 1838 when the island was sold, and the castle's condition subsequently deteriorated.