What is recorded here
Artillery fort, fortified house and bawn mark a post-medieval defensive layer in Malone Upper. The names suggest guns, a residence and an enclosed yard rather than a passive field. That combination belongs to a time when local people expected violence and built accordingly. The lost site still points to pride, fear and the practical craft of keeping a household safe.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ARTILLERY FORT, FORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWN (site of). Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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