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A view across the Straits of Moyle, the narrowest section of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The old coastguard station at Torr Head, on the site of a sixth century hill fort, occupies a prime position atop the headland on the coast in north east County Antrim
In the 1800s it recorded the passage of transatlantic ships, relaying the information back to Lloyds of London.
It was often the last hope for Scottish clans beckoning aid from allies in Argyllshire. The walls and ruins of Altagore cashel date back to the sixth century. Long before the early Christian church and Irish clans came here, the headland was already remarkable.
Torr Head is also an excellent example of metamorphosed limestone and indicative of volcanic rock sequences in Ireland and Scotland. (source)
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