Stewart Castle (also known as Newtownstewart Castle) is situated in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was built in 1619 by Sir Robert Newcomen in an English manor house style. It was damaged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 by Sir Phelim O' Neill and in 1689 on King James' return from the Siege of Derry. King James ordered the Stewart Castle, and the town, to be burnt down. In the main street a piece of the castle wall still stands.

Newtownstewart Plantation castle is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Newtownstewart, in Strabane District Council area, at grid ref: H4020 8583.

Stewart Castle, Northern Ireland

An intact Bronze Age cist grave was found within castle site. It was excavated in 1999.

Stewart Castle, Northern Ireland

See also

Castles in Northern Ireland

References

Bronze Age burial cist - Newtownstewart

Stewart Castle

County Tyrone.com

External links

Newtownstewart Castle

Castles in County Tyrone

Ruined castles in Northern Ireland

Stewart Castle, Northern Ireland