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Favor Royal Bawn is a post-medieval fortification located near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site lies on Visean-age bedrock comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, geology that has shaped the landscape of this region for over 300 million years. As a bawn—a fortified enclosure typical of Tudor and early Stuart Ireland—the monument represents the military architecture of English expansion into Ulster during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Such structures combined defensive walls with domestic and agricultural facilities, serving both as strongholds and administrative centres for English settlers and their Irish allies.
The earthwork remains of Favor Royal Bawn survive within the surrounding terrain, their form adapted to the local topography and stone resources. The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 15755, recognising its significance as evidence of this transformative period in Irish history. Though time and land use have altered its original appearance, the bawn's layout and construction remain traceable on the ground, contributing to our understanding of English military settlement patterns across Ulster.
Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15755. View the official record →
Favor Royal Bawn is a post-medieval fortification located near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15755.
Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a fortification. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 15755.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (1.4 km), Lisdoart. platform rath (2 km), Bivallate rath (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.