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Cashel is a ringfort located in the Newry and Mourne district of County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a circular or oval earthwork with an enclosing bank and ditch, a form characteristic of Early Christian and later medieval settlement sites in Ireland. Such cashels typically date from the Early Christian period through the medieval centuries and served as defended homesteads or small settlements for families of modest to middling status. The site represents an important class of rural settlement archaeology that illuminates patterns of land use and social organisation in early medieval Ulster.
Cashel is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8254. View the official record →
Cashel is a ringfort located in the Newry and Mourne district of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8254.
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 8254.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Souterrain & ?cashel (6.6 km), Carrigakill. court tomb (6.7 km), Court tomb (7 km).
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