What is recorded here
Hamilton's Bawn stands in County Armagh as a post-medieval boundary marker from the seventeenth century. It is not a distant ruin but a lived edge where human hands shaped the land into something visible. The name suggests ownership, pride, or warning. Whatever it marked, it still marks.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BAWN: HAMILTON'S 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.
Hamilton's Bawn was built by the Hamilton family in the 17th century as a defensive structure during the post-medieval period. It is remembered as an example of early plantation-era architecture in Northern Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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