Game of Thrones

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6. The Fullerton Arms. Ballintoy

Door 6 doesn’t just focus on house Targaryen, but specifically Drogon – Daenerys’ most aggressive and fearsome dragon. He dominates the door, as he does the skies over Essos. It is also no coincidence that Dothraki horses at the bottom of the door appear encircled by the beast’s tail. An indicator that both Daenerys’ influence and dominance.

 

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7. Gracehill House. Stranocum.

Signs of the recently deceased Three Eyed Raven permeate through door 7. Above the creature itself resides the Stark Direwolf Sigil – symbolising the family’s changing fortunes. In the bottom section you might also spot a beech tree leaf hidden inside a crown – perhaps referencing the specific trees from the Kingsroad itself (The Dark Dedges). Located mere metres from door 7’s final resting place.

 

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8. Mary Mcbrides. Cushendun.

The events playing out in Bravos feature heavily on door 8. In the centre sits the Faceless Man Coin that first brought Arya to the Free City. Below that rests Needle – having recently been retrieved from its hiding place, this represents Arya wielding it in her final confrontation with the Waif and the Guild of Assassins. Door 8 could also tell the story of Arya’s journey so far – the helmets of her former foes surrounding her most recent enemy.

 

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9. Ballygally Castle. Ballygally

Echoing the “Battle of the Bastards”, symbols of house Stark and house Bolton can be seen on opposing ends of door 9, with the Starks’ ancestral home of Winterfell up for grabs in the middle. The weapons and shields that litter the surrounding spaces like a bloody battlefield are a sure indicator of the episodes’ drama. The aggressive battle scarred Direwolf indicates the Starks success

 

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10. The Dark Horse. Belfast

Instead of focusing on the storyline door 10 features a number of symbols in reference to key events taking place across the whole of the Seven Kingdoms, as season 6 draws to a close – most notably those events occurring in Kings Landing, particularly around the great Sept of Baelor. The house Tyrell rose appears closely linked to the Seven Pointed Star on the top half of the door. Below that the Lannister lLon now appears isolated. However that doesn’t mean the lions’ claws are any less sharp... we also see reference to the Hand of the King – apposition plagued by bad luck if the previous holders of the title are anything to go by, but this might be changing.

 

[mg guy]

wow, good stuff BigC! I had not known about the carved doors and they surely are works of art. Carved by different people, I assume?

the establishments themselves look quite intriguing, as does the fare!

 

[Ian]

Thanks for posting those pics, it looks like you must have had great fun doing that pub crawl . It's a good job that a lot of these locations are in quite striking places, as it's a nice way to explore the area.

You'll need to head to Croatia next and do tour of Kings Landing as your next trip . We were on holiday there and did a GoT walking tour and ended up seeing a few of the filming locations. Here's a photo we took from above the old town, and you can see the similarities with the TV show city:

 

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Fantastic @Ian ..yup I can see the resemblance even without the CGI...Thanks for posting