The Village of Culdaff |
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Culdaff is a picturesque village, with two stone bridges and a green featuring an old water pump. In the river of Culdaff which flows through the village there is St. Boden's 'Boat', a stone in which he crossed from Scotland |
![]() Culdaff main street |
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![]() Culdaff Beach |
Situated on a pretty estuary, there are beautiful sandy beaches which is great for surfing, which have Blue Flag status, to the left of the estuary there is the port of bunagee where the local fisherman go out to fish, there is also fishing trips available. The area around the villiage is great for walking espically the walk from the village alongside the river to Culdaff beach. |
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The Bocan Stone Circle is an impressive and evocative monument situated on pasture land near St. Mary's Church Bocan just outside Culdaff. |
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The Temple of Deen is a fine and well preserved megalithic monument, sometimes call the Laraghill Cairn lies on the opposite side of the road to the Bocan Stone Circle atop the Hill of Deen. There are twenty large stones remaining at the forecourt and the first chambers are well preserved. |
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In Clonca two miles south there is the impressive shaft of St. Boden's Cross rising above the ground . The cross is well carved and the east face carving has been identified as showing the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Less than a mile from Clonca lies Carrowmore, which is believed to be the site of the monastery of Bothchonais. |
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The Charles Macklin Autumn School Culdaff . Inishowen . Co. Donegal . Ireland Contact: 074 93 79104 fax: 074 93 79235 (int. code 00 353 74 ) |