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    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...
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    is overlooked by the 100-foot (30 m) high Scrabo Tower. The tower is 41 metres high, and was erected on Scrabo Hill as a memorial to Charles Stewart, 3rd...
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    tower is mentioned in Thomas Hardy's poem "Channel Firing" (written in April 1914) as a place "far inland". Scrabo Tower, County Down "Alfred's Tower...
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    rock on which Stirling Castle stands "Scrabo Hill" in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, site of the Scrabo Tower Ailsa Craig, famous for curling stone mining...
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    Grand Opera House, Belfast Belfast Castle Necarne, County Fermanagh Scrabo Tower, Belfast Campbell College, Belfast Old Bushmills Distillery, County Antrim...
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  • Rostrevor at the base of the Mourne Mountains Portstewart Strand Scrabo Tower and Scrabo Country Park Tollymore Forest Park Cathedral of SS Patrick & Colman...
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    settled Scottish Protestants there as part of the Plantation of Ulster. Scrabo Tower overlooks Newtownards and the northern end of the Ards Peninsula. Mount...
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    him by the Londonderry Equestrian Statue in Durham. Frederick built Scrabo Tower near Newtownards as a monument to the memory of his father. Of the 730...
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    the Barons and Marquesses of Dufferin. A similar but higher landmark, Scrabo Tower, built by the Londonderrys, stands on the next hill to the south. The...
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  • Greenway provides an eco-friendly cycle path with views of Stormont and Scrabo Tower. This attracts many cyclists into the town boosting the local economy...
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