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Bawn

Milltown (Louth By.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Milltown, County Louth, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Milltown (Louth By.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.93309, -6.42600
SMR number
LH012-061002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

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.

The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 19 April 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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