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Stewartstown Castle is a post-medieval settlement comprising a castle and associated village located near Cookstown in County Tyrone. The site sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a sequence of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone formed during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era. This varied geology provided local building stone for the settlement's construction.
The castle represents the planted settlement strategy of early modern Ulster, when such fortified residences and adjoining villages were established to consolidate English and Scottish colonial interests in Ireland. The combination of defensive fortification with planned village settlement reflects the security concerns and administrative ambitions of the period.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 15102, acknowledging its significance to the archaeological and architectural heritage of the region. The survival of both castle and village structures at this location provides important evidence for the character and layout of post-medieval planted settlements in Ulster.
Stewartstown castle. castle & village is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15102. View the official record →
Stewartstown Castle is a post-medieval settlement comprising a castle and associated village located near Cookstown in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15102.
Stewartstown castle. castle & village dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stewartstown castle. castle & village is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 15102.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trivallate enclosure (0.3 km), Standing stone (2.8 km), Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stewartstown castle. castle & village's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Stewartstown castle. castle & village stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.