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Cashel is a cashel, or stone-built ringfort, located in County Down, Northern Ireland. This monument type represents a common form of enclosed settlement characteristic of early medieval Ireland, typically constructed with dry stone walls or earthen ramparts to define a defended domestic or pastoral enclosure. The site dates to the early Christian period, reflecting the settlement patterns and land use practices of early medieval Irish communities. Such cashels served as residences for farming families and their livestock, with their circular or oval stone walls providing protection and defining the domestic space during a period spanning roughly the fifth to twelfth centuries.
Cashel is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7160. View the official record →
Cashel is a cashel, or stone-built ringfort, located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7160.
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 7160.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (3.1 km), Ardagaualle, machairyedargawall, maccharedruall, meacarne-de-odargulla. medieval & modern church & graveyard with enclosure (3.8 km), Magheradrool fort. counterscarp rath (5.3 km).
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