Bawn.—Mutual

In vol. iii. p. 506. of Hallam's *Constitutional History of England*, there occurs the following passage in reference to the colonisation of Ulster in 1612, after Tyrone's rebellion: "Those who received 2000 acres were bound within four years to build a castle and bawn, or strong court-yard; the second class within two years to build a stone or brick house, with a bawn; the third class a bawn only." What was the bawn, which was equally indispensable to the grantee of 2000, 1500, or 1000 acres? Richardson variously describes the term as almost any kind of dwelling, or "an enclosure of walls to…