IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rossglass Road South, DOWNPATRICK, BT30 7RA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Rossglass Road South, BT30 7RA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (21 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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A former sea-side pig sty at Rossglass
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.02 miles
2
Disused farm buildings on the Rossglass Road
A new bungalow stands on the site of the former farmhouse.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.02 miles
3
Corbelled structure above the beach at Rossglass
This structure could easily be sold to American tourists as a genuine Celtic Saint cell. In fact, it, and the building on the left, are an extension of the farm yard across the road. The corbelled building is nothing more than a disused pig sty.
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Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.02 miles
4
Gulls foraging at high water at Rossglass
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.04 miles
5
Rossglass Bay near Killough
Much of the shore between St John’s Point and Dundrum Bay is firm sand. The area is popular during the summer. This is Rossglass Bay just off the Killough – Clogh road. The Mournes are visible in the upper background.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 9 May 2007
0.04 miles
7
Ruined farmstead next to the Catholic Chapel
This area has many ruined farmsteads. Others have been converted into holiday homes.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.10 miles
8
The beach at Rossglass
The crested waves belies the fact that is the first day of a much trumpted Indian Summer.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.11 miles
9
The Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea at Rossglass
Built on the site of a medieval church, this present chapel is of a number in the predominantly Roman Catholic Lecale Peninsula which date back to the last two decades of the eighteenth century. This was a time when Catholics were again allowed to build places of worship.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.12 miles
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The cemetery of the Chapel of Our Lady The Star of the Sea
Some of the graves date back over 200 years, others in the top section are recent. A fairly common feature in graveyards in Northern Ireland, both Catholic and Protestant, are stones bearing the inscription "The burying ground of the .... Family of .....".
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 28 Sep 2011
0.12 miles