Bloody Burn Bay

Bloody Burn Bay is a bay in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grey Abbey and Mount Stewart.

Grey Abbey

Monastery

Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland. Currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, it is a monument in state care in the townland of Rosemount, on the eastern edge of the village of Greyabbey in the Ards and North Down local government district.

Mount Stewart

Photo: Ulsterbeef, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Nendrum Monastery mill

Archaeological site

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballywalter and Greyabbey.

Ballywalter

Village

Photo: Michael Parry, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballywalter is a village or townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert.

Greyabbey

Village

Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.