Roughan Castle
Roughan Castle ( Irish Caisleán Ruacháin ) is a castle about 1.6 km outside the village of Newmills ( An Muileann Nua ) on the road from Dungannon to Stewartstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland . The castle is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Roughan ( Ruachán ) in the Mid Ulster District .
history
Andrew Stewart, 2nd Baron Castle Stewart , († 1639) had the castle built around 1618. He was the eldest son of Andrew Stewart, 3rd Lord Stewart of Ochiltree and 1st Baron Castle Stewart (1580-1629), who came from Scotland during the Plantation of Ulster and founded the nearby town of Stewartstown. Andrew Stewart Jr. acquired Bellokevan's land from Robert Stewart between 1610 and 1619 and had a castle built over Roughan Lough .
The castle was once the refuge for Felim O'Neill , leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 in Ulster . He was captured there in 1653 and taken to Dublin , where he was hanged for high treason . Robert Stewart, of Irry , inherited the castle from his brothers and died there in 1662.
construction
Roughan Castle is a small castle with a square floor plan, with a central three-story tower measuring 6 meters by 6 meters, flanked by round towers at each corner.
Individual evidence
- ^ Roughan Castle . In: Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments . Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ↑ Newmills Potted History . In: Culture Northern Ireland . Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 34 '22.8 " N , 6 ° 45' 7.2" W.