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Cashel and souterrain is an early Christian settlement site located in County Down, Northern Ireland. The site comprises a cashel, a stone-built ringfort characteristic of early medieval Ireland, together with an associated souterrain, an underground stone-lined passage typical of Iron Age and early medieval settlements in Ireland. Both elements date to the early Christian period and represent the defensive and functional architecture of a high-status early medieval settlement. The combination of cashel and souterrain reflects the continuity of settlement practices from earlier Iron Age fortifications into the Christian era of Irish archaeology.
Cashel & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8427. View the official record →
Cashel and souterrain is an early Christian settlement site located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8427.
Cashel & souterrain 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 & souterrain 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 8427.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including D-shaped enclosure - possibly cemetery (1.6 km), Cashel (4.7 km), Cashel (5.5 km).
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