Seamus Heaney HomePlaceOpened in 2016 between the poet's two childhood homes at Mossbawn and The Wood, with an exhibition on his life and hundreds of books from his own shelves.
Prehistoric site
Tirnony Dolmen
Maghera, County Derry
A portal tomb on Tirnony Road outside Maghera, its huge sloping capstone held up on two tall portal stones.
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- Maghera, County Derry
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Seamus Heaney HomePlaceOpened in 2016 between the poet's two childhood homes at Mossbawn and The Wood, with an exhibition on his life and hundreds of books from his own shelves.
Banagher Old ChurchSt Muiredach O'Heney is said to have founded the church on this hill of sand and gravel, and the sand from his little mortuary house is held to bring luck to anyone of his name.
Banagher GlenOak and ash grow on the steep sides of the glen south of Dungiven, and a surfaced road runs up from the car park to the dam at Altnaheglish Reservoir.
SpringhillA plantation era house built in the late 1600s outside Moneymore, home to ten generations of the Conyngham family. The National Trust keeps a costume collection in it.
Lissan HouseThe Staples family lived at Lissan for nearly four hundred years. The house north of Cookstown is run by a trust now, with a walled garden and woodland walks in the demesne.More in Derry
Derry City WallsFort · DerryThe Honourable The Irish Society built the walls between 1613 and 1618 and they are still complete. You can walk the whole circuit on top, past seven gates and 24 restored cannon.
Mussenden Temple and Downhill DemesneEstate · CastlerockThe Earl Bishop built the domed temple on the cliff edge around 1783 as a library, modelled on the Temple of Vesta. The shell of his house at Downhill stands behind it.
GuildhallVisitor centre · DerryThe council chamber has been in the Guildhall since 1890. Local guides take you round, past the stained glass windows and into the main hall with its organ.
Peace BridgeBridge · DerryA curving foot and cycle bridge over the Foyle, opened in 2011, that joins the old army barracks at Ebrington to the city centre across the river.
BinevenaghMountain · LimavadyThe cliffs of Binevenagh, formed from lava 60 million years ago, run above Benone Strand with Lough Foyle and Donegal in view. There is a small lake on the top.
Portstewart StrandBeach · PortstewartThe National Trust looks after this long strand west of Portstewart, backed by dunes that are 6,000 years old. The Causeway Coast Way to Ballycastle starts here.
St Columb's CathedralCathedral · DerryBuilt inside the walls between 1628 and 1633, it was the first Protestant cathedral put up in Britain and Ireland after the Reformation. It keeps relics of the 1688 to 1689 siege.
Benone StrandBeach · LimavadyFirm sand with no rocks or seaweed on it, running along under the Binevenagh cliffs with Donegal across the water. It has won the Blue Flag many times.