Hillsborough Fort and Gatehouse in Hillsborough Forest Park, County Down, Northern Ireland
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George Munday / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5626 x 3627 px | 47.6 x 30.7 cm | 18.8 x 12.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
11 May 2019Location:
Hillsborough in County Down, Northern IrelandMore information:
Just outside the village of Hillsborough in County Down, Northern Ireland is a historic fort built in 1630 sited opposite the gatehouse in the walled enclosure in the town's Forest Park. William of Orange spent several nights there on his way south to his victory at the Boyne in 1690. In 1758, the fort was was replaced by a charming Gothic garden house, that followed the common practice of the upper classes to continue to called the residential mock castle a fort or castle to emphasise the antiquity of the family.