Portaferry Castle

Portaferry Castle is a tower house in Portaferry, County Down, Ireland (Irish: Port a' Pheire, Contae an Dúin, Éire). The building is square building with a small projecting turret on the south corner. It is three storeys high with an attic. The eastern corner of the building is in ruins. There is an entrance at the base of the tower. There is a curved stairway within the tower leading to the first floor. There is a spiral stairway in the west corner leading to the roof level. The castle was thought to have been built in the 16th century by a member of the Savage family.

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