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| WATERFOOT, CO. ANTRIM. -The above pretty hamlet is situated in the recess of Red Bay about midway between Cushendall and Garron Point on the Antrim cost. The whole region is a series of noble pictures from the great book of nature. In the neighborhood of Waterfoot are the ruins of Red Bay Castle, once occupied by the McDonnell family, who for centuries, dominated this section of Ulster. The cliffs in the vicinity are mostly composed of red sandstone and the constant action of the sea has hollowed at their base many picturesque caverns. Glenariff, acknowledged to be the loveliest of the glens of Antrim, opens on Red Bay. The cliffs extending from Red Bay Castle to Garron Point have an average altitude of about 600 feet, "the upper two hundred feet being almost perpendicular rising from the sloping undercliff." Dark gorges and deep ravines, through which impetuous torrents dash to the sea, break the strong formation of the cliffs at many points and serve to agreeably diversify the scenery of the locality. One of the most noted spots in the neighborhood of Waterfront, which is a favorite stopping place of tourists, is Nanny's Cave, which is said to have been occupied for more than half a century by an eccentric woman, named Ann Murray, who died in 1847. |
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