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Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh
Two thousand acres of parkland and woods on the shore of Upper Lough Erne, with the ruin of an early 17th century castle and a pair of ancient yews beside it.
- Where
- Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh
- Official site
- nationaltrust.org.uk
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Castle BalfourSir James Balfour, a Scottish planter, built this T-plan castle from about 1618. It stands at the edge of Lisnaskea beside the old graveyard. Inside visits are by arrangement with the Department for Communities.
Castle Saunderson DemesneThe old Saunderson estate on the Fermanagh border near Belturbet, now a scout centre, with a short signed trail through the grounds.
Drumlane Abbey and Round TowerThe round tower stump is over eleven metres high, with the ruined church beside it, on the lakeshore at Milltown south of Belturbet.
Clones Round Tower and High CrossSeventy-five feet of round tower and a carved ninth century cross stand in the centre of Clones, off the monastery St Tiernach founded.
Killykeen Forest ParkForest across the wooded islands and inlets of Lough Oughter, with a nature trail and paths along the water.What’s on nearby
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More in Fermanagh
Marble Arch CavesCave · FlorencecourtGuided tours go down into a river cave in the foothills of Cuilcagh, on built paths with the formations lit along the way.
Cuilcagh Boardwalk TrailWalk · FlorencecourtA gravel track and then a wooden boardwalk across blanket bog, finishing with a steep flight of steps up to a viewing platform on the edge of the Cuilcagh plateau.
Lough ErneLake · EnniskillenThe Erne widens into two loughs, the upper one south of Enniskillen and the lower one north of it, both scattered with wooded islands.
Devenish IslandMonastic site · EnniskillenSt Molaise founded a monastery on this island in the 6th century. The 12th century round tower still stands beside the church ruins, and the only way over is by boat.
Enniskillen CastleCastle · EnniskillenThe Maguires built it on the River Erne almost 600 years ago. It holds two museums now, Fermanagh County Museum and the Inniskillings Museum.
Castle CooleHouse and gardens · EnniskillenJames Wyatt designed this Portland stone house for the Earls of Belmore in the 1790s, on high ground above Lough Coole just outside Enniskillen.
Florence CourtHouse and gardens · FlorencecourtThe 18th century house of the Earls of Enniskillen sits under Cuilcagh, and the Irish yew in its woods is the tree every Irish yew was grown from.
White IslandMonastic site · IrvinestownA small church from around 1200 stands on an island in Castle Archdale Bay, with a row of carved stone figures set against its north wall that are older than the church.