Gelvin landscape in photo exhibition

There is now no clearly defined area known as Gelvin, but instead many townlands which make up the rural Gelvin area just north of the town of Dungiven, in the foothills of the Sperrins. Within this rural Gelvin area much evidence of the past is provided, from the many abandoned dwellings, archaeological sites, forgotten burial grounds, lazy beds, and overgrown turf banks.

Evidence of close links with the past are ever present in the landscape such as in the townland of Derryork with its abandoned dwelling, Herd’s House and the road bridges over the old Limavady/Dungiven railway line. In Drumgavenny Lower, there is also this close link to a time not so long ago with its remnants of a once thriving flax milling industry, where local farmers delivered their dried flax to the mill for scutching.

This exhibition gives the chance to view images and gain information of this historical landscape which otherwise may go unnoticed. The exhibition will run until 26 June at Green Lane Museum, located at the Roe Valley Country Park. For further information contact 028 7776 0650.