Entrance and field gates at Quintin Castle, 3 Kearney Road, Ballymarter, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1QE

Unusual medieval style entrance gateway of c.1855, leading to the grounds of Quintin Castle. The gateway is set in a boundary wall (to the W of the castle itself) fronting onto Kearney Road, c.3 miles SE of Portaferry. Directly across the road from these gates are smaller gates, in a similar style. Entrance gateway consists of ‘triangular’ arch carriage way set between two crenellated octagonal towers. Tower to south side is larger (c.2.5m x c.7m ) than that to north and has lancet arch pedestrian doorway in front elevation (facing west to road) with timber sheeted door, with similar doorway to rear of tower. Two small window slits roughly half way up front elevation of larger tower with two to rear. The smaller tower (c.1.75 x c.5m) is blank. Timber gates in grid (portcullis inspired) design in same ‘triangular’ shape as gateway. Towers set between boundary wall (c.3.5m in height). The gateway on opposite side of road is much smaller with timber ‘picket fence’ like gates between two small (c.1m x c.2.5m) octagonal crenellated towers, both set in low (c.0.75m) flat rubble field wall.