Castle Carra

Standing in its own ground near Cushendun, the remains of this castle are almost completely covered with ivy. In 1585, Donnell Gorm MacDonnell was besieged by the English in the tower until his father Sorley Boy, at the age of eighty landed in the bay from Scotland and drove off the besiegers.

Cushendun Caves

Along the sourthern shores of Cushendun Bay you may see the Old Red Sandstone cliffs and caves which have a particular texture known as conglomerate or pudding stone with round, water washed pebbles embedded in a red sandstone matrix of the Devonian period, 400 - 350 million years old. Hot desert conditions existed here at that time. It is thought that the rounded pebbles were washed down onto the plains from the Caledonian Mountains to the North.

The Mass Rock

Located on the Glendun Road past Craigagh Church (Cushendun) where the wood starts on the right, is a gateway leading to an old altar.
This is where Mass was celebrated in olden times before a church was built in the area and even now once a year a procession is made from the present church to the old altar where Mass is celebrated. The origin of the main stone is not know - some say it is a Runic stone, others say that it is a stone borrowed from one of the "Holy" Scottish Isles, Iona or even Staffa.

Glendun Viaduct

This fine bridge carries William Bald's famous Coast Road towards Ballycastle across the valley of Glendun. One of the three arches spans the river Dun and another the Glendun Road.
The bridge, completed in 1839 was the work of county surveyor Charles Lanyon, who was only 22 years old when he designed the viaduct. Lanyon later became famous as the architect of many fine buildings including Queens University in Belfast.

The Gloonan Stone

This stone is situated on the opposite side of the road from Craigagh Church on the left of the entrance to a farmyard. Gloonan comes from the Irish word for knee (gluin).
On the stone is a depression which is said to have been made by St Patrick when he knelt to pray. A larger hole in the stone is known as St Patrick's Well. The water in it is believed to cure warts. A more logical explanation is that the hole in the stone was used for grinding oats.

The Fuldiew Stone

In Craigagh churchyard (Cushendun), on the western side of the church there is a peculiar gravestone known as the Fuldiew Stone.

The stone is a memorial to the McAlastair family and commemorates the death of John McAlastair, who died at the age of 18 years. Apparently John died at sea and his body was brought ashore at Cushendun, for burial in Craigagh churchyard.
A few days after his burial, his bride-to-be was found dead on his grave. She had carved the following inscription on the stone; "Your ship love is moored head and stern, for a fuldiew". Fuldiew is the payment that was due to a sailor after a voyage.