Portmore Lough
Portmore Lough is a small lake in southwest County Antrim, Northern Ireland that drains water into nearby Lough Neagh. It is roughly circular and covers an area of. The Lough and its shoreland is designated a Ramsar site, a Special Protection Area and an Area of Special Scientific Interest. The lough is now part of a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve.
The lough is near the site of the former Portmore Castle, erected in 1664 and removed in 1761. It is also the presumed location of the Portmore Ornament Tree whose demise in a windstorm of 1760 is lamented in the Irish folk song, Bonny Portmore.
Portmore Lough has the alternative name Lough Beg, not to be confused with the Lough Beg on the Lower Bann.
