Sketrick Castle

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Sketrick Castle is a castle situated on Sketrick Island near Whiterock, County Down, Northern Ireland. The castle is estimated to date back to the 12th century. Sketrick Castle tower-house and the passage to spring are State Care Historic Monuments in the townland of Sketrick Island, in the Ards and North Down Borough, at grid ref: J5245 6252. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°29'18"N, 5°38'53"W

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Whiterock BayNorthern IrelandUnited Kingdom

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Sketrick Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Stewart, Nendrum Monastic Site, Grey Abbey, Nendrum Monastery mill.

4.9 miN
1800s mansion with elaborate gardens
Mount Stewart, Newtownards
125 min walk • Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Irish seat of the Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry.
0.7 miN
Ruins, History museum, View point
Nendrum Monastic Site, Comber
18 min walk • Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain.
4.9 miNE
Sacred and religious sites, Historic walking areas, Monastery
Grey Abbey, Portaferry
125 min walk • Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in the village of Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland, currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
0.8 miN
Archaeological site
Nendrum Monastery mill
21 min walk • The Nendrum Monastery mill was a tide mill on an Mahee Island in Strangford Lough now in Northern Ireland. It is the earliest excavated tide mill, dating from 787 AD.
2.6 miE
Marine reserve, Nature, Natural attraction
Strangford Lough
68 min walk • Strangford Lough is a large sea loch or inlet in County Down, in the east of Northern Ireland. It is the largest inlet in Ireland and the British Isles, covering 150 km².
0.9 miN
Forts and castles
Mahee Castle
23 min walk • Mahee Castle, also known as Nendrum Castle, is a small ruined tower house near Nendrum Monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was built in 1570 by Captain Thomas Browne. It was abandoned by the early 17th century, and fell into disrepair. In 1923, H.C.
4.7 miNE
Village
Greyabbey
122 min walk • Greyabbey or Grey Abbey is a small village, townland and civil parish located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 7 miles south of Newtownards.
6 miNW
Sport, Sport venue
The Green, Comber
154 min walk • The Green is a cricket ground in Comber, Northern Ireland and the home of North Down Cricket Club. The ground was established in 1857 and had capacity of 2000 in early days. The two ends are Pavilion End and Mount Alexander End.