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Cashlandoo is a raised rath situated near Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A rath of this type typically consists of an earthen ringwork, often artificially elevated, which served as a defended farmstead or dwelling during the early Christian period. The monument's construction exploited the underlying geology of mafic lava and tuff of Palaeogene age, whose solid bedrock would have provided a stable foundation for the raised earthwork.
The elevated form of this rath, combined with its location in the fertile landscape of the Coleraine area, reflects the strategic positioning characteristic of early Christian settlement sites. Such monuments commonly date to between the fifth and twelfth centuries, though many were reoccupied or refortified across several periods. The raised construction may have served to improve drainage and visibility whilst strengthening the defensive integrity of the homestead.
Cashlandoo is legally protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Northern Ireland Department for Communities under record number 11392. The monument contributes to the archaeological record of early medieval settlement patterns in the region and represents an important survival of domestic and defensive architecture from the early Christian period in Ulster.
Cashlandoo. raised rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11392. View the official record →
Cashlandoo is a raised rath situated near Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11392.
Cashlandoo. raised rath dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cashlandoo. raised rath 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 11392.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6.3 km), Fundamental bench mark (7 km), Rath (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cashlandoo. raised rath'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.
Cashlandoo. raised rath stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.