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Cashel is a medieval ecclesiastical site located near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument preserves evidence of early Christian settlement and monastic activity, characteristic of the ecclesiastical cashels that developed in Ireland from the early medieval period onwards. Cashels were typically ringfort-like enclosures designed to protect monastic communities and their buildings, featuring defensive earthwork boundaries. The site at Strabane represents an important example of this settlement type within the broader archaeological landscape of medieval Ulster.
Cashel is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14184. View the official record →
Cashel is a medieval ecclesiastical site located near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14184.
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 14184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Possible cashel (1.8 km), Mullanabreen hill. cashel (2.2 km), Rath (2.8 km).
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