Bawn in Heathstown (delvin By.)

The precise location of the house (WM009-042----) and bawn which belonged to Andrew Tuite that is mentioned in the terrier of the 1659 Down Survey map of Killua parish has not been identified. The terrier of the Down Survey recorded that 'There is a House with a Bawne in Heathstowne in good repaire' (NLI MS 723-4). This house and bawn are depicted standing close to the E boundary with the townland of Dervotstown. The building may have been located in close proximity to the present Heathstown House which is 440m W of the townland boundary with Dervotstown. The building is depicted on the Down Survey map as a two storey high house with gable-ended chimneystack standing in the centre of a rectangular shaped bawn. A wide low rise to the W of Heathstown House built in 1834 according to a date on a weather vane on the house, bounded by a wide marshy area on the W & SW & by a low scarp from S-E. The rise is crossed by very slight remains of low banks. Several shallow depressions can also be seen on the SE & the N ends of the rise may mark the location of the house mentioned in the Down Survey. No dressed stone of 16th/17th century appearance was identified at Heathstown House or in the yard belonging to the 19th century house. Possible plantation house and bawn of early 17th century date belonging to Andrew Tuite who is described in the terrier of the Down Survey as an 'Irish papist'. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 May 2017

Andrew Tuite held the bawn in Heathstown, as recorded in the 1659 Down Survey of Killua parish. It is remembered as part of the historical landholdings documented during the post-Cromwellian land settlement in Ireland.