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Muckamore Abbey is a mental institution in Antrim, Northern Ireland. This wasn’t an asylum but a ‘mental deficiency’ institution of the sort built in England from the early 20th century. In summary, these were an early 20th-century idea to create new institutions, similar to asylums but often in...

Hi all, There exists a disused water works near me that is fenced off. I have explored it before and it is completely abandoned and in disrepair. However while there a nearby fenced area caught my eye. It appears to be an underground structure. Maybe an old pumping station but it seems very...

Layde Road, Cushendall, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 55.106493, -6.0504949 Situated just over the fence (next field) from a couple of masts. Surface Features remain intact, there is a steel sleeve over the top of the access shaft with flat bar welded over the cover, at some point someone...

Magheramorne Quarry and cement works is located not far from Larne, it was a quarry operated for crushed stone. Vesicular basalt with zeolite-lined cavities with associated species. Most recently, Blue circle cement was made here. Lafarge Tarmac owned it and had big plans for it...

A little water mill tucked away down a valley in the top right hand corner of Ireland. The interesting thing about this one is that it’s fairly old, late 1700s, although like many old mills some bits have been replaced over the years. First a map, showing how the water was abstracted from...

This is an old explore and the only one I have on this machine unfortunately. Went by myself in late 2010 after purchasing my first DSLR (Nikon D3000). I was studying a photography course at the time and wanted to explore urban decay as my project theme. I was too afraid to venture inside as my...

I know this streches the Urban element but I thought I'd post some pictures of these derelict bridges. The Gobbins Path on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland was a popular tourist attraction in the early 20th century. Built by civil engineer Berkeley Deane Wise, it opened in...