Johann the Goat and Pudding Stone

Our next visit was to Cushendun, for a walk along the coast, not very far, to the conglomerate caves, but first time to see the statue of Johann. We were really stuck by it last time we visited - Johann was the last animal to be culled in the area during the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak. Apparently he used to graze down by the harbour and wander around the village and was popular with both tourists and locals. 

Fortunately, given the heat inland, the coast was slightly foggy and much cooler! 

The village itself was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis for the Baron of Cushendun. After the baron's wife's death he designed a row of Cornish-looking cottages in her memory as she was born in Penzance.

Cushendun caves and an arch...

The cliffs are made up of deposits laid down by flash floods in the Devonian. They include a wide range of sizes of clasts/pebbles. This is known as a Pudding Stone, where rounded rocks are cemented together by finer material.

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The site also, as did so many places in Northern Ireland, featured in Game of Thrones. 

Very 'designy'

Eerie!