🌳 Outdoor🆓 Free entryCastle
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Harry Avery's Castle is a ruined medieval stone fortification on the edge of Newtownstewart in County Tyrone, looked after as a state care monument. Its two surviving D-shaped towers look like a gatehouse, which gives children a clear picture of how a castle was built and what it was for. Behind the towers a grassy mound marks the courtyard, and the foundations of the curtain wall can still be traced around it. It is a simple outdoor outing rather than a museum with indoor displays: families come to walk round the site, look at the stonework and talk about the O'Neill chieftain it is named after. Because it is open ground, it suits days when the weather is fair, and a picnic can be combined with a visit. Access is sometimes restricted while works are carried out, so it is worth checking before setting out.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Hand sanitiser
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Bum bag
- Reusable cutlery
- Ice packs
- Travel sickness bands
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