Fernhill House was finished in 1864 by John Smith, the first resident and the house has little changed since then. The house is traditional in its Irish mid-Victorian appearance, a mixture of the Classical and Italian Renaissance architectural styles.
In 1898 it was sold to Samuel Cunningham and the long association of the Cunningham family with the house began. Although currently closed, in 1996 Fernhill House was opened to the public as a Community Museum telling the story of the local area. A view incorporating the Harland and Wolff cranes, Scrabo tower and Stormont can also be seen from here.
Other caches that can be found by driving or walking up the Glencairn road:
Ink Bottle Cottage
The Road to Ruin Begins
The Road to Ruin
Parli Boundary Cache
Mountain Road
Divis By The Back Door
Been there, Dunlop
The Cache.
This is a small sized, camo contained cache. Please take care removing and replacing the camo, inner cache container, and log. The inner cache container has a bung at both ends. Please remove them AND the log sheet by one method: PUSH a pencil, bic pen or suitable twig through the tube. The cache is easily accessed, but trousers are recommended as summer growth can bring extra foliage/nettles etc Enjoy!
Note: other caches off the Glencairn road can also be accessed by car, or if preferred, an enjoyable and energetic hike from the carpark in Glencairn park.