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10 Sep Mussenden Temple, North Coast

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This temple was built in around 1783. It was built as a cliff top library by the Earl of Bristol, who was Bishop of Derry. It sits on the North Coast, in Northern Ireland near the town of Castlerock. The views from the temple are spectacular taking in...

03 Apr Mussenden Temple, County Londonderry

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The oddest sight along the Londonderry coast is this small, domed rotunda perched precariously on a windswept headland outside the family resort of Castlerock. The temple was built in 1785 by Fredrick Augustus Herbey, the eccentric Earl of Bristol and Protestant Bishop of Derry, as...

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10 Sep Mussenden Temple, North Coast

03 Apr Mussenden Temple, County Londonderry