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Mussenden Temple
A domed library from 1785 on the edge of a cliff above a long sandy beach.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Downhill Demesne, Mussenden Road, Castlerock BT51 4RPDirections
- Getting There
- About 20 minutes by car west of Portrush.
Why Go
The eccentric Earl Bishop of Derry built the little round temple as a library and named it for Frideswide Mussenden, a young relative he adored. It belongs to the ruined estate of Downhill, whose gardens and cliff walk look down on Downhill Strand and across to Donegal.
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