Stewart Castle
| Stewart Castle | |
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Tyrone | |
|---|---|
 Stuart Castle | |
| Type: | Plantation castle |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H40208583 |
| Location: | 54°43’8"N, 7°22’30"W |
| Village: | Newtownstewart |
| History | |
| Built 1619 | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Ruins |
| Owned by: | (State care) |
Stewart Castle (also known as Newtownstewart Castle) is situated in Newtownstewart, Tyrone. It was built in 1619, during the Plantation of Ulster, by Sir Robert Newcomen in an English manor house style.
The castle suffered extensive damage during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and its subsequent capture by Sir Phelim O' Neill. In 1689, when the deposed King James II returned from the fruitless Siege of Derry, he ordered Stewart Castle, and the town, to be burnt down. In the main street a piece of the castle wall still stands.
An intact Bronze Age cist grave was found within castle site. It was excavated in 1999.
The ruins of Newtownstewart Castle are now a state care monument.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stewart Castle) |
References
- ↑ List of State Care Monuments (Historic Environment Division)