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Sentry Hill Visitors Guide

Guided Tours
Guided Tours of Sentry Hill house are led by the site staff. Times vary throughout the year. Please contact Sentry Hill if you want more information about tours before visiting.

Introductory Video
A short introductory video to Sentry Hill is shown at regular intervals in the converted byre.

Exhibition Gallery
The gallery allows us to display many of the fascinating objects and archives once hidden from view in the cupboards and drawers of Sentry Hill. Temporary exhibitions explore the many strands of the Sentry Hill collection.

Resource Room
Here you can find out more about Sentry Hill on computer or simply have a rest and browse through a selection of local history publications.

Refreshments and Gifts
A small refreshment area is located in the old stables at Sentry Hill. Here you can enjoy morning coffee, a light snack or afternoon tea and purchase a souvenir of your visit.

Sentry Hill Garden
You can take a stroll around the informal garden at Sentry Hill and enjoy the variety of flowers and trees planted by the McKinney and Dundee families throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Sentry Hill

Sentry Hill is a 19th century farmhouse in the Parish of Carnmoney, County Antrim. The house and its contents provide a rare insight into life in rural Ulster during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Sentry Hill was the home of the McKinney family who came to Ireland from Scotland in the early 1700s. Remarkably the contents of the house have survived almost intact. This is largely due to William Fee McKinney, who was born in 1832 and lived at Sentry Hill for most of his life. William built up a remarkable collection of diaries, family letters, and an extensive library of books and pamphlets. Along with souvenirs from family travels abroad, William collected natural history specimens of local historical interest. Over the years many quests were warmly received at Sentry Hill by the McKinney family. The last of the family may have gone but their welcome remains and the door is now open for you.