Portaferry Castle

Portaferry, United Kingdom

Portaferry Castle is a small tower house in built in the 16th century by William Le Savage. In 1635, Patrick Savage's brother-in-law, Sir James Montgomery of Rosemount (Greyabbey), repaired the castle by roofing and flooring it so that his sister could live in greater comfort there.

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.

References:

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Castles and fortifications in United Kingdom

Address

Castle Street 3, Portaferry, United Kingdom

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Details

Founded: 16th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in United Kingdom

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.3/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

John Bashford (3 years ago)
The castle was originally built in the 16th century. It's closed at the moment for renovations, but still one of the main attractions in the pretty village of Portaferry.

David Brown (4 years ago)
Smaller than expected . Closed.

HJ Ellison (6 years ago)
Nice setting for Norman Castle. Castle can only be viewed from outside but adjacent tourist information centre has good local history information

joe devonport (6 years ago)
Visited this sometime ago and found the 'family' castle - Savage. The visitor center was a really big help and assisted with information and pictures.

Peter Lyons (7 years ago)
A well maintained tourist info centre that usually has an exhibition to look at.

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