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  • Scrabo Hillfort

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    203A Scrabo Road
    Newtownards
    BT23 4SJ
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/scrabo-tower-p675451

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: J4776072600
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 005:023
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Scrabo Hillfort

    The earth bank enclosing an oval, 90m by 37m, was built with a stone core and had an inside ditch, now filled in. Although the earthwork is very degraded, its dramatic position demonstrates its original value as a look out and defence. Such forts are hard to date, but holes made when repairing the tower unearthed sherds of ‘E’ ware, roughly datable to 5th century AD.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Scrabo Hillfort
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