Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Northern Ireland
Detourmap lists 32 places in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Giant's Causeway. 20 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 32
- Oldest
- Legananny Dolmen 2999 BC
- Little known
- 20 of 32
- Share of United Kingdom
- 1%
Northern Ireland 32
All 32, best known first.
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19.Aughlish
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, England, UK
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21.Grey Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Hidden gem
Ruined Cistercian monastery in Co. Down, Northern Ireland
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28.Banagher Old Church
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ruined remains of a monastery in Banagher, Dungiven, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
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30.Ardress House
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Country house in Annaghmore, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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32.The Skerries
Nature · Hidden gem
Group of rocky islands off Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Elsewhere in United Kingdom
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Northern Ireland?
Giant's Causeway. Rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Northern Ireland?
32: 21 nature & landscapes and 11 archaeological & historic sites. 20 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Northern Ireland?
Legananny Dolmen, dated to 2999 BC. 4 of the 32 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Northern Ireland here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Northern Ireland if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Northern Ireland is a first-level division of United Kingdom, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.