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South Antrim Heritage Trail
- Awardee: Newtownabbey Borough Council
- Location: Antrim & Newtownabbey
- Council: Antrim & Newtownabbey Boroughs
- Grant: £21,198.30
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Councils received funding of just over £21,000 from GROW South Antrim under the NI Rural Development Programme to establish a South Antrim heritage trail, with interpretive panels stretching from Toome to Ballynure and beyond. The Trail highlights the rich heritage of South Antrim with key facts, myths and legends of the sites and the surrounding areas. You will be transported back to the ancient world with visits to the remains of Neolithic burial tombs and forts, as well as a unique standing stone where partners have pledged undying love for centuries. From a later age you will be guided to churchyards and holy wells from the dawn of Irish Christianity, whose traditions are still carried on today. You'll visit Norman mottes, the site of a recently discovered 16th century castle and a hunting lodge built by the famous Donegall dynasty and explore enthralling collections at an atmospheric farmhouse unchanged from its Victorian heyday. See monuments left by great local eccentrics and clock towers honouring local landowners. Discover the background of Ireland's first Sunday School and churches with extraordinary stories and ministers, from Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, to Henry Cooke, one of the founders of modern Irish Presbyterianism. Discover a unique bridge from the glory days of steam and take in the many reminders of the area's remarkable industrial heritage, including cotton mills and beetling mills in this heartland of Ulster's once world beating linen industry.
So go on - take a step back in time and enjoy your journey! Copies of the South Antrim Heritage Trail are available at Old Courthouse Information Centre, Antrim T: 028 9446 3113 and Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey T: 028 9034 0000
Neil McCullough, Antrim Borough Council
Lisa O'Kane, Tourism & Events Officer for Newtownabbey Borough Council said, "This project is a great opportunity to showcase the local heritage that we may walk past every day and to promote to visitors the wealth of monuments, historic places and buildings that we've inherited. The brochure mapping the trail is a fascinating journey around South Antrim."
- Address: Antrim Borough Council
- Phone: 028 9446 3113
- Email: info@antrim.gov.uk
- Website: www.antrim.gov.uk