lough neagh system

In the hills to the West the famous Beaghmore Stone Circles are popularly believed to have powers of fertility and on the crest of a hill outside Dunadry stands the finest Bronze-age holestone in the British Isles where it's believed lovers in ancient times solemnised their marriages.

Over hundred of years the Celts, along with the Vikings, Normans, Scots and English, have all left their footprints around this inland sea. The hill top enclosure of Tullyhogue near Cookstown is where the Celtic kings of Ulster were inaugurated as the O' Neils, while at Donaghamore you'll find a fine example of an early Christian Cross.

Further north on the western shore Ardboe Cross a one-thousand-year old Celtic crosses which is intricately carved with biblical scenes has been described as "the finest High Cross in Ireland".

Places such as the fine monastery Round Tower in Antrim which has withstood the dramas of ten centuries, or the excellently preserved artillery fort built in the picturesque village of Hillsborough in 1640 lie waiting to be discovered.