Bawn in Skeagh (clankee By.)

According to Davies (1948a, 108) a plantation castle with a bawn and two flankers was built by William Hamilton on a low hill W of Skeagh Lough Lower and immediately SE of a 19th-century house and farmyard. The two flankers were incorporated into the farmyard structures, but these had been removed (ibid.). No features are visible now at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 12 April 2016

William Hamilton built Bawn in Skeagh as a plantation castle in the early 17th century. It is remembered as an example of early colonial architecture associated with English settlement in Ireland.