Bawn in Milltown, County Louth

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What is recorded here

The remains of the bawn wall associated with the tower house (LH012-061001-) can clearly be seen in the modern farm buildings. Its N wall fronts onto the roadway while the W portion returns from it and joins onto the NW angle of the tower house. The masonry of the SE angle has been broken to a height of c. 2.8m above the ground, which is about the same height as that of the remaining bawn wall at the N side. It would therefore appear that the bawn wall originally also joined the castle at the SE angle. A modern N-S wall which bounds the present grounds of the house appears to occupy the line of the original E wall of the bawn.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH012-061002

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