3-074-642 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Castlewellan, County Down, Ireland, the seat of Lord Annesley, 1883. 'The seat of the Earl of Annesley, Castlewellan, where Sir Stafford Northcote has been lately staying, is one of the finest places in the north of Ireland. It is five or six miles from the sea at Dundrum Bay. The castle is situated on the slope of a wooded hill, rising from the banks of a large lake, and in full view of the magnificent range of the Mourne mountains, which reach an altitude of about 3000 feet above the sea, and form the background of a landscape of surpassing beauty. In our Engraving, which is from a photograph, the position of Castlewellan is shown with good effect'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.