Dunseverick Falls
Waterfall County Antrim, Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
About Dunseverick Falls
A small stream drops 5–10 metres straight off a basalt cliff into the Atlantic Ocean, which is about as direct a meeting of land and sea as you'll find along the Causeway Coast. The falls sit between Dunseverick Harbour and the ruins of Dunseverick Castle, and that context is part of what makes the spot worth the short walk. The castle — known in Irish as Dún Sobhairce — was an ancient royal seat of the Dál Riada Gaelic kingdom, fortified from at least the 5th century AD, and was the terminal point of one of ancient Ireland's five great royal roads, Slige Midluachra, which ran all the way from the River Liffey through Tara and Emain Macha. Vikings raided it twice, in 871 and 924, and Cromwellian troops finished it off in the 1650s. Today only fragments of a gatehouse remain. The falls themselves are modest — volume drops noticeably in dry spells — but the rocky shoreline and the context of the place give it more weight than the waterfall alone would suggest.
Location & details
- Category
- Waterfall
- Region
- County Antrim, Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 55.23790, -6.43917
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