South Quarry

South Quarry is an archaeological site in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. South Quarry is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Scrabo Hill, as well as near Scrabo Tower.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scrabo Tower and Newtownards Airport.

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 750 feet north of South Quarry.

Newtownards Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newtownards Aerodrome is a local airfield in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, 8.5 NM east of Belfast. It offers light aircraft flights, helicopter flights, microlight flights and flight simulator training.

Regent House School

School

Regent House School is a co-educational, controlled grammar school in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school comprises two parts: the grammar school and the preparatory department. Regent House School is situated 1 mile northeast of South Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtownards and Comber.

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".

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. Comber is situated 2½ miles southwest of South Quarry.

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 west of South Quarry.

South Quarry

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5783° or 54° 34′ 42″ north

Longitude

-5.71452° or 5° 42′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6PH7HP+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 170422356

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scrabo Hill and The Old BCDR Railway Embankment.

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