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Cashelbane is a cashel and mass rock located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. A cashel is a stone-built circular or oval enclosure, typically constructed without mortar, which served as a defended homestead or settlement from the Iron Age through the medieval period. The site sits upon bedrock of the Leitrim Group, Namurian sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate, which would have provided accessible building stone for its construction.
The monument's second component, a mass rock, reflects the religious history of the site. Mass rocks served as outdoor places of worship, particularly during periods when Catholic worship faced legal restriction. They are typically flat stones or natural rock outcrops where priests would celebrate Mass away from populated areas.
Cashelbane represents the layering of settlement and faith across Irish landscape history. The cashel testifies to early medieval domestic occupation, whilst the mass rock documents the later use of the site as a focus for clandestine religious practice. The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10429 and remains an important record of Fermanagh's settlement and religious heritage.
Cashelbane. cashel & mass rock is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10429. View the official record →
Cashelbane is a cashel and mass rock located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10429.
Cashelbane. cashel & mass rock 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.
Cashelbane. cashel & mass rock 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 10429.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow & cist (4 km), Crom cruaich. standing stone (4.3 km), Crannog (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cashelbane. cashel & mass rock'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.
Cashelbane. cashel & mass rock stands on Leitrim Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.