Stewart Castle
Stewart Castle , also Newtownstewart Castle ( Irish Caisleán an Bhaile Nua ), is a ruined castle in the village of Newtonstewart in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland . Sir Robert Newcomen had the castle built in 1619 in the English manor house style. It was extremely badly damaged in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , during the subsequent conquest by Phelim O'Neill, and when King James II returned from the siege of Londonderry in 1689 : King James ordered Stewart Castle and the city to be burned down . Part of the castle wall still stands in the main street.
The ruined castle in Newtonstewart from the Plantation era is now a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Newtonstewart in the Derry and Strabane district .
An intact stone box grave from the Bronze Age was found on the grounds of the castle ruins. It was excavated in 1999.
Individual evidence
- ^ Newtownstewart 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 26, 2015.
Web links and sources
- Ruairi O'Baoill, Eileen Murphy: The Early Bronze Age Cist Burial at Newtonstewart Castle, Co. Tyrone . Xs4All.nl.
- Newtonstewart Castle . Discover Northern Ireland.
Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 8.4 " N , 7 ° 22 ′ 30" W.