Show J JOld Old Landmark Injured I tower an ancient landmark at nt Newtownards County Down Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land was recently struck by lightning during a severe storm The bolt du dui dug I Ian an extensive hole beside the tower walls So violent was the crash that 1 windows were smashed to fragments I to tower er was erected In the year 1857 In memory of Charles William Vane Yone third marquis of Londonderry by his tenantry and friends The monument stands on an nn eminence of feet and Is Itself feet teet high high high- about the same hel height ht as ns the Albert memorial In Belfast The prominent position which It occupies enables It to tobe he be seen from the heights around Belfast Belfast Belfast Bel Bel- fast and It can he be viewed from the hills of Antrim and from the shores and Islan islands s of Strangford to far awa away Portaferry 1 |