What is recorded here

Brackfield Bawn stands as a castle in County Derry, its stones marked by time rather than grandeur. The name itself suggests a field of bracken, perhaps red in autumn or sharp underfoot in winter. A bawn is a defensive enclosure, so the place may have been built to keep out what the land already resisted. Whatever it kept, the field probably kept more of it than the walls ever did.

Brackfield Bawn is recorded as a castle in County Derry. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Built by the MacCárthainn (MacCartan) clan in the 15th or 16th century, Brackfield Bawn is remembered as a historic Gaelic stronghold in County Derry, reflecting the region's medieval political and territorial divisions.