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bas relief, a crofs patee. This caftle was a large build- 

 ing, the firft floor vaulted, with two front wings, in one 

 of which was the ftaircafe, in the other a fet of clofets. 

 On the weft fide of the road from Killough to Down- 

 patrick are the caftles of Bright and Screen , the latter 

 remarkable for having been built in a Danifh rath j the 

 caftle of Clough is alfo built in a fimilar one : they are 



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cow both in riuins. 



Near Strangford, farther up the ftrait, are two old 

 caftles, one called Walfh's caftle, the other Caftle 

 Audley. This latter, from its bold fituation, commands 

 a view of the lake as far as Newtown. The name of 

 this caftle ftiews, that it was built by one of the Aud- 

 leys, who fettled here under John de Courcey in the 

 infancy of the Englifh government. 



Portaferry caftle was the ancient feat of the Savages. 

 Confiderable additions were made to this caftle, and 

 finished in 1636. 



At Arquia was likewife a caftle and dwelling-houfe 

 of another branch of this ancient family, inclofed 

 within a rampart, and {landing boldly over the lake, 

 on a pretty high hill. As this part of the Ards was 

 often the feat of war between the Irifti and this family, 

 whofe eftate it formerly was, and a Confiderable part of 

 it ftill is, we (hall find feveral other caftles in it, of 

 which, befides thofe mentioned, there are three yet re- 

 maining; Quintin Bay caftle, two miles fouth of Porta- 

 ferry j Newcaftle, three miles eaft of the fame place ; 



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