Portaferry Castle

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Portaferry Castle.
Portaferry Castle.

Portaferry Castle is a castle situated in Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a small 16th century Tower house built by William Le Savage. It is a square building with a small projecting turret on the south corner. It is three storeys high plus attic and there is no vault. Most of the eastern corner is in ruins. The entrance at the base of the tower is protected by a small machicolation and the entrance to the ground floor chamber is protected by a murder-hole. A curved stairway within the tower rises to the first floor and a spiral stairway in the west corner continues to roof level.

Portaferry Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Ballyphilip, in Ards Borough Council area, at grid ref: J5930 5085.[1]

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  1. ^ Portaferry Castle. Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.

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