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bawn

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bawn, the fortified enclosure surrounding a castle or tower house, from Irish badhún, meaning a cattle fort. Square or rectangular with corner towers and protected gateways, bawns were a regular feature throughout medieval Ireland. They are also associated with the Ulster plantation, where their construction was a minimum requirement for grantees, native and British. Between 1610 and 1622, 152 were built. Brackfield, Co. Londonderry, is a good surviving example of a plantation bawn.

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bawn

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bawn. Walled enclosure protected by circular, polygonal, or square flankers (low towers) at the corners, and associated with a fortified house, especially in C17 Ulster.

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J. Curl (1986)

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