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Slievehanny is a cashel and souterrain located in County Down, Northern Ireland, representing Early Christian settlement archaeology. The cashel comprises a roughly circular stone-built enclosure typical of Iron Age and Early Christian defensive farmsteads, whilst the associated souterrain—an underground stone-built passage structure—served practical functions relating to storage, refuge, or ritual within the Early Christian period. Such dual-feature sites are characteristic of Irish archaeological landscapes from the fifth to twelfth centuries, reflecting the settlement patterns and defensive strategies of early medieval communities. The monument survives as a scheduled archaeological monument under the Historic Environment Record reference HED NI NISMR MonID 7983.
Slievehanny. cashel & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7983. View the official record →
Slievehanny is a cashel and souterrain located in County Down, Northern Ireland, representing Early Christian settlement archaeology. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7983.
Slievehanny. 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.
Slievehanny. 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 7983.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel & souterrain (2.9 km), D-shaped enclosure - possibly cemetery (4.4 km), Cashel & souterrain (4.8 km).
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