Mussenden Temple

Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on cliffs near in , high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: library building in Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Mussenden Temple Downhill Castlerock Co. Londonderry”
  • Address: Mussenden Road, Castlerock, BT51 4RP
  • Inscription: “Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castlerock railway station and Mausoleum.

Railway station
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serves the villages of , and their surrounding hamlets in , . Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone. is situated 1 mile east of Mussenden Temple.

Monument
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is a monument, which is situated 2,500 feet south of Mussenden Temple.

Photo: D LN, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 17th-century thatched cottage located in , , Northern Ireland. Built around 1691, it is one of the oldest buildings still in use anywhere in . is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Mussenden Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downhill and Castlerock.

Hamlet
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is a small and townland near in , . It is situated within district.

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is a seaside village in , with a population of 1200 in 2021. Its big attraction is Mussenden Temple perched on the cliffs.

Village
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is a and townland in , . It is on the main A2 coastal road, 7 kilometres west of . is 1 mile to the north. is situated 2 miles southeast of Mussenden Temple.

Mussenden Temple

Latitude
55.16775° or 55° 10′ 4″ north
Longitude
-6.81096° or 6° 48′ 40″ west
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
National Trust
Open location code
9C7M559Q+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68648055
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1287859
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“Mussenden Temple” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մուսենդեն տաճար”
  • Basque: “Mussenden tenplua”
  • Chinese: “馬森登神殿”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد موسيندين”
  • Esperanto: “Mussenden-templo”
  • Finnish: “Mussendenin temppeli”
  • French: “temple de Mussenden”
  • French: “Temple de Mussenden”
  • Galician: “Templo de Mussenden”
  • German: “Mussenden-Tempel”
  • Italian: “tempio di Mussenden”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Mussenden”
  • Japanese: “ムッセンデン寺院”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mussenden Temple”
  • Norwegian: “Mussenden Temple”
  • Russian: “Храм Массенден”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Mussenden”

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Highlights include Belvedere and Burning of the Seven Gods.

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