Doe CastleThe tower house stands on a low spit in Sheephaven Bay, water on three sides of it and a rock cut ditch on the fourth.
National park
Glenveagh National Park and Castle
Churchill, County Donegal
A glacial valley with a lake in it, red deer and a Victorian castle. The castle is a shuttle bus or a four kilometre walk.
The castle, 24km north west of Letterkenny, was styled as a romantic highland retreat and completed in 1873.
- Where
- Churchill, County Donegal
- Official site
- nationalparks.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Doe CastleThe tower house stands on a low spit in Sheephaven Bay, water on three sides of it and a rock cut ditch on the fourth.
Muckish MountainThe flat top above Creeslough is the shape you will remember, and an 8.3 kilometre bog and track loop runs around the foot of it.
Ards Forest ParkWoodland on a peninsula in Sheephaven Bay, with marked trails, dunes and several small beaches inside it.
Mount ErrigalThe quartzite cone above Dunlewey is 751 metres, and a marked path goes up from a car park on the R251.
Marble Hill BeachSheltered sand between two headlands on Sheephaven Bay, near Port na Blagh.
Carrickfinn BeachPale sand beside Donegal Airport, with wildflower grassland behind the dunes.What’s on nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
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