St John's Castle at Greenhill
Ballygawley
Located on the A5 on the Omagh side of the town, this building is
all but a shell, though the façade is intact. Owned by Sir John
Marcus Stewart, BART, D.L. c.1870, Ballygawley Park was originally
the Harvey home in Tullygliss. John Stewart (1757-1825) was
Attorney General for Ireland in 1799 and, for his services at the
time of the Union, he was Knighted in 1803. His mother was Sarah
Hamilton, and it was Hamilton-Gorge's property, that Sir John
Stewart took over in 1811, when he bought Ballygawley. He took up
residence and renamed the house Greenhill. The demesne in the North
West he called Ballygawley Park. It was between 1825 and 1833 that
the present imposing mansion was built to designs of John Hargrave
of Cork for Sir Hugh Stewart, 2nd Baronet. The house was burnt by
accident in the 1920's and remains a most impressive ruin for the
passers by. The Stewarts lived in the house for just ninety
years.
The cache is a magnetic nano, containing only a log, so your pen
will be needed.
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