What is recorded here

Bawn in Leitrim is a rectangular castle enclosure attributed to the O'Flanagans, preserving a corner tower and two house foundations within grass-covered walls. The steady geometry suggests a residence built to watch the valley rather than merely defend it.

Reputedly a castle of the O'Flanagans (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 51), and situated on a gentle N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge with rock outcrop. The mound of Leitrim castle (RO035-019001-) is at the NE angle of a rectangular enclosure or bawn (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by grass-covered wall footings and stone spreads (Wth 1m; H 0.15-0.25m) on the N and W sides. At the NW angle are the foundations a small structure (int. dims 3m E-W; 3m N-S) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at N, which is probably a corner tower. Within the bawn are the foundations of two houses (RO035-019003-; RO035-019004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The Bawn in Leitrim was likely held by the O'Flanagan clan, a prominent Gaelic family in the region during the medieval period. It is remembered as part of the local Gaelic lordship's defensive and administrative network in pre-Norman Leitrim.

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