woods and forests belleek

Castle caldwell Forest Promontaries of forest surrounded by the Lough. An important conservation forest with bird sanctuaies and visiting red deer. Old castle. Jetty on lough shore....

The sheltered Castle, Birch and Kellums Bays fringe the predominantly conifer and beech forest at Castlecaldwell. These three bays are managed as a nature reserve and are just a short walk through the woodland from the Exhibition Centre.

The journey through the woodland bypasses the old 17th Century castle which lies in ruins. Birds nest in its ivy clad walls. Nearing the bays, old oak trees form a ghost line along what was exposing new land. This foreshore has been colonised by natural...