Scrabo Tower & Country Park

Scrabo Country Park is centred upon the tower built on the summit of Scrabo Hill. It includes the woodlands of Killynether, the disused quarries where Scrabo stone was once quarried, a pond and a prehistoric hill fort with adjacent enclosures and hut-circles.

This hill dominates the surrounding landscape. At the time during which the Giant's Causeway was being formed, a layer of volcanic lava penetrated and covered the underlying sandstone before becoming solidified. This hard rock protected the softer sandstone when, much later during the ice age, the surrounding land was eroded away. Scrabo Hill was thus left as high ground.

A ten-minute audio-visual show, "Ebb and Flow" has been installed in a display on the upper floor of Scrabo tower. It tells the story of Strangford Lough and its wildlife.