PLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN: THE COURT in Hillhall — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

The Court stands as a scheduled plantation house and bawn in Hillhall, County Down, preserving the shape of a post-medieval residence. Its boundary and surviving structure mark the moment when external settlers imposed a new domestic order on the landscape. The house may have echoed with the footsteps of administrators, servants and visitors caught between tradition and change. What is certain is that the site still holds the footprint of that transformation.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN: THE COURT. Recorded period: POST-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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, the house and bawn were constructed by English or Scottish settlers under royal authority. It is important as a surviving example of post-medieval plantation architecture and the colonial settlement policies in Northern Ireland.

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