strangford castle

With Portaferry, the town of Strangford has a stranglehold on the entrance to the lough which bears the same name, and the castle in the town was built to control traffic in and out of, as well as across, the lough. It is a comparatively simple three-storey 16th century tower incorporating an earlier fortification which had the entrance at first-floor level. The original floors - like their modern replacements - were made of wood.