Rollo Gillespie Monument
Rollo Gillespie Monument is a memorial in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Rollo Gillespie Monument is situated nearby to Comber Square, as well as near St. Mary’s Church of Ireland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scrabo Tower.
Scrabo Tower
Photo: Elkay62, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scrabo Tower is a 135 feet high 19th-century lookout tower or folly that stands on Scrabo Hill near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. It provides wide views and is a landmark that can be seen from afar. Scrabo Tower is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rollo Gillespie Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comber and Ballybeen.
Comber
Town
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Comber is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower.
Ballybeen
Suburb
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballybeen, also known as Ballybeen Housing Estate, is the second-biggest housing estate in Northern Ireland. It is in the village of Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast. Ballybeen is situated 3½ miles northwest of Rollo Gillespie Monument.
Newtownards
Photo: Guliolopez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtownards is a town at the head of Strangford Lough, historically in County Down, with a population in 2021 of 29,600. The counties of Northern Ireland are no longer units of governance so since 2015 the town has been part of Ards and North Down "super-district".
Rollo Gillespie Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.55036° or 54° 33′ 1″ northLongitude
-5.74533° or 5° 44′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C6PH723+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 14085691147OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Comber Square and St. Mary’s Church of Ireland.
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