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Ringfort - cashel

Cashellackan, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Cashellackan, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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