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Castlerock NIR - Downhill

Downhill House was a mansion built in the late 18th century for Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol and Lord Bishop of Derry (popularly known as 'the Earl-Bishop'), at Downhill, County Londonderry. Much of the building was destroyed by fire in 1851 before being rebuilt in the 1870s. It fell into disrepair after the Second World War.

 

Downhill House is now part of The National Trust property of Downhill Demesne and Mussenden Temple.

 

Both Mussenden Temple and Downhill Beach were used in Game of Thrones as filming locations for Dragonstone. Remember the

burning of the ancient gods by Melisandre on the beach? Well, that was here. And also where Stannis Baratheon pulls the

flaming sword "Light-bringer" out of the flames.

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Uploaded on August 16, 2019
Taken on June 5, 2019