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  • Brackfield Bawn or Crossalt

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    (near) Claudy
    Derry/Londonderry
    BT47 3EY
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: C5109009680
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: LDY 023:014
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Brackfield Bawn or Crossalt

    The bawn, sited on a hillslope, commands the ancient east-west route to Londonderry, close to the Faughan River. It was built soon after 1611 by
    Sir Edward Doddington on land granted to the Skinners’ Company and is shown in the drawing by Thomas Raven illustrating the 1622 survey compiled by Sir Thomas Phillips. The walled bawn is square with egg-shaped flanker towers at opposite (north-west and south-east) corners. The house along the south wall was 6m wide and its fireplaces can be seen, projecting beyond the line of the south wall. Excavation in 1983 confirmed the area of the house but little other information survived. There are gun-loops in the flankers.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Brackfield Bawn or Crossalt
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