Harry Avery’s Castle is situated in a field south of Newtownstewart in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
In 1320, a local ruler of the O’Neill clan is said to have built Harry Avery’s Castle. The castle is named after Harry Avery, a local chieftain who died in 1392.
The castle was a two-story rectangular building, with the surviving massive D-shaped twin towers projecting from the south face of an artificially scarped hill, its sides revetted by a wall to create a polygonal enclosure. This two-story tower structure would have functioned as a tower house, and the enclosure would have held numerous wood houses.
The English took control of the castle in 1609. It was then used as a quarry for building materials.
You may visit Harry Avery’s Castle for free if you leave the grazing cattle alone. Despite the fact that not much of this castle remains, visitors like visiting it, especially because of its lonely location with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside and the Derg Valley.
