Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet 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 s
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 referred to simply as Ards, is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the
Scrabo Tower
…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…
View of Newtownards from Scrabo Tower
Market House, Newtownards
Scrabo Tower (with Newtownards in the background)