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. It was built as a memorial to Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and was originally known as the Londonderry Monument. Its architectural style is Scottish Baronial Revival.
Scrabo Tower, May 2007
Artist' View of the Londonderry Memorial Tower, believed to represent the original project by Lanyon & Lynn
The tower's roofs in 2009. Note the lapped stone roofs. The frame added near the top carries two aircraft warning lights.
Inscription surmounted by a relief showing Londonderry coronet, crests & motto
Newtownards 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. Newtownards is in the Ards and North Down Borough. The population was 29,677 in the 2021 Census.
View of Newtownards from Scrabo Tower
Market House, Newtownards
Scrabo Tower (with Newtownards in the background)