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PLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN in Cornagrade

PLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN

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The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN. Recorded period: POST-MED; C17TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Built during the 17th century as part of the Ulster Plantation, Plantation House & Bawn in Cornagrade was likely constructed by English or Scottish settlers under royal commission. It is remembered as a symbol of colonial settlement and the transformation of land ownership in post-medieval Northern Ireland.

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