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Bawn in Farnham

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A castle comprising a stone house and a bawn of sods with four flankers was erected here in the second decade of the 17th century. Parts of this appear to have been incorporated into a modern house which now occupies the site. An earlier account (Davies 1948a, 112) described what must have been a flanker at the SE corner of the bawn, a two-storey strong structure with cross-vaulting over the upper floor. A tunnel (dims 1.8m x 1.2m) roofed with slabs apparently ran outside the bawn enclosure in a northerly direction.
A castle comprising a stone house and a bawn of sods with four flankers was erected here in the second decade of the 17th century. Parts of this appear to have been incorporated into a modern house which now occupies the site. An earlier account (Davies 1948a, 112) described what must have been a flanker at the SE corner of the bawn, a two-storey strong structure with cross-vaulting over the upper floor. A…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV020-044002

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