Hillsborough
The village of Hillsborough 10 miles south of Belfast, is something of a showpiece. Many of the Georgian townhouses along the steep main street are craft and antique shops. Across the square with its charming market house, the mansion visible through a pair of magnificent wrought-iron gates is Hillsborough Castle, formerly the residence of the governor of Northern Ireland.
On the other side of the square, beyond an oval lawn, Hillsborough Fort was built by colonel Arthur Hill in 1650 to command the road from Dublin to Carrickfergus.
A prominent feature of the east and south approaches to Hillsborough is a 5-mile wall surrounding this lake and its adjoining forest.
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