bawn IrlE

Only the bawn could have provided any protection in the event of an attack.

A 19th-century house occupies the south west area of the bawn.

A bawn is very similar to the curtain walls of a castle.

The bawn at Ballinakill is still one of the finest in the country.

It is thought that the bawn at one stage contained several rows of houses.

A bawn is the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house.

Bellaghy Bawn is the large white house on the hill to your left as you enter the town.

Then the Bawn line hit a dead end.

The inner bawn building in front of the west entrance appears to be a nineteenth-century construction.

All that remains is the left half of the 14th-century tower and part of the bawn.

The name Bawn appears to be quite common in Irish literature.

A large building once stood next to the main tower inside the bawn, and was probably a dining hall, but only ruins remain.

Parts of the bawn wall still survive to the north and east of the castle.

If you are interested, please contact Erica Bawn or the school office.

There is a camp site in the south at Port Bawn and a nature trail.

It is an irregular four-sided bawn with the entrance in the north wall.

A 50 ft tall broken castle tower and bawn wall are all that can be seen today.

The town grew up around the Colleen Bawn gold mine.

None greater," Bawn corroborated, and went on himself. "

The ruins of Brackfield Bawn are beside the main road.

These waters may have fed the moat that formerly surrounded the bawn.

A Bawn was a place near the house enclosed with mud or stone walls, to keep cattle from being stolen in the night.

The stone walls of the bawn have been reduced to low foundations, but its rectangular plan can still be traced.

The two tall round towers to the north west were part of the house, which occupied this end of the bawn.

The castle appears to be surrounded by a bawn wall with a gate and loophole windows at this time.