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  • Roughan Castle

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Tullaberg Road
    Coalisland
    BT71 4DX
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: No
    Grid reference: H8231768271
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: TYR 046:002
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Roughan Castle

    This impressive castle was built in 1618 by Sir Andrew Stewart, after whom nearby Stewartstown is named. Its plan is unusual among Plantation castles, with a central, three-storey square block and four sturdy circular towers at the corners. Cut-stone string courses outside indicate the floors inside and there are simple small windows at the higher levels. On the south side a high arch supported on corbels links the two towers, like an earlier defensive machicolation, but here not protecting the door and were probably for show. There are gun-loops in the towers at ground floor level and on the south-west tower the scar of the lost bawn wall can be seen. The castle was entered through the north-west tower, which also accommodated the spiral stair. The south-east tower is vaulted at ground floor level and fireplaces survive in the north wall. The floors were made of wood, but it is not clear how this unusual castle was roofed. The crannóg visible in Roughan Lough to the north-east was described as ‘O’Neill’s strongest island fort’ at the beginning of the 17th century, and Sir Phelim O’Neill was captured there in 1653.

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