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Cashel is a early Christian cashel sited in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, psammite and pelite deposits laid down during the Middle Cambrian period, whose weathered surface provides the foundation for this enclosed settlement. The cashel is protected as a scheduled historic monument under Historic Environment Division reference 1258.
Early Christian cashels represent a distinctive form of enclosed settlement found throughout Ireland, typically comprising stone-built perimeter walls defining defended homesteads and livestock enclosures. Dating broadly from the fifth to twelfth centuries, these settlements reflect the social and economic organisation of early medieval Irish society, accommodating both domestic occupation and agricultural storage within their protective boundaries.
The Cashel site at Moyle demonstrates the distribution of such enclosed settlements across the north of Ireland, positioned on the ancient bedrock that underlies much of the Antrim plateau. Its preservation as a scheduled monument recognises the importance of cashels in understanding settlement patterns, land use and community life in early Christian Ireland.
Cashel is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1258. View the official record →
Cashel is a early Christian cashel sited in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1258.
Cashel dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a cashel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cashel 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 1258.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (1.5 km), Two standing stones (1.5 km), Craigagh altar. craighagh altar and enclosure (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cashel'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.
Cashel stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.