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DISCOVER
ARDGLASS
KILLARD POINT

A scenic walk at the mouth of Strangford Lough
Beginning at the designated parking on the Killard Road at Mill Quarter Beach follow the beach and enter through the kissing gates. Follow the informal path to the point and go over towards the beach.
Highlights along the route include: wildflowers, Guns Island, butterflies, red cliffs, old radar station, and a cliff top walk.
This route is entirely informal. There are open fields, roaming livestock, and rocky terrain.

The starting point
View out to the point

Walk out to the point

Saint Patrick's Rocks
Where he preached to fish

View up Strangford Lough

Benderg Bay
Glacial deposits formed red cliffs

Benderg Bay

The old radar station
From the Cold War

Cliff top views
Toward the Mournes
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