Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cashellackan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashellackan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.52578, -8.19961
- SMR number
- DG107-124----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, in the SW corner of a field, located on an E–W ridge with a fall of ground immediately to N into a boggy valley. Slightly raised, roughly circular area (26m N–S; c. 23m E–W) defined SSE–NE by a stony scarp topped by a slightly raised, moss-covered stony rim (Wth c. 2m). The scarp is highest at N and S (H 1-1.2m). At ENE–SE the scarp has been levelled to a broad low slope. The interior surface is uneven, with a shallow, roughly circular hollow (diam. c. 2m) in the SW quadrant. Known in local tradition as a 'fort', this enclosure appears to represent the remains of a cashel, possibly the one from which the townland derives its name.
Attached images:
DG107-124----_01.JPG viewed from NW
DG107-124----_02.JPG Remnant of enclosing wall at S
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 May 2015
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.