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Newtownards (/ ˌ n juː t ən ˈ ɑːr d z /; Irish: Baile Nua na hArda [1]) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower. [4]
Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust.Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Irish seat of the Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry.
Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet (41 m) high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland.It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar.
Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. This is a list of castles in Scotland.A castle is a type of fortified structure built primarily during the Middle Ages.Scholars debate the scope of the word "castle", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.
Scrabo Tower overlooks Newtownards and the northern end of the Ards Peninsula. Mount Stewart, an 18th-century house and garden owned by the National Trust near Greyabbey. It was the home of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry. Grey Abbey, a ruined Cistercian abbey.
Corporation North (Newtownards), Windmill, grid ref: J4939 7489 Corporation (Killyleagh) , Rath pair, grid ref: J5200 5149 Cowd Castle or Choud Castle, Tower house in Ardglass , grid ref: J5606 3705
There are a number of castles in West Lothian, Scotland. They range from medieval mottes, through tower houses and Renaissance laird's houses, to relatively modern castellated mansions. [1] Many of the earliest castles are long since abandoned, and are either visible as earthworks, or only known from historical record.
Montgomery settled at Newtownards and soon established a trade route between Donaghadee in Ireland and Portpatrick in Scotland. In 1613, Montgomery, along with Hamilton, represented the settlement to the Irish House of Commons. At Donaghadee, he built a large stone quay to accommodate vessels ferrying between Scotland and Ireland from 1616 ...