بان (دیوار دفاعی)
Sign in to savethumb|Ross Castle with its surrounding bawn A bawn is the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house. It is the anglicised version of the Irish word bábhún (sometimes spelt badhún), possibly meaning "cattle-stronghold" or "cattle-enclosure". The Irish word for "cow" is bó and its plural is ba. The Irish word for "stronghold, enclosure" is dún, whose genitive case is dúin.
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- Subclass of
- architectural element
- Part of
- fortification
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- Bawn Wall at Ross Castle.jpg
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