Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cashel (upperwoods By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashel (upperwoods By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Brandy Bush Fort
- Coordinates
- 52.94883, -7.58509
- SMR number
- LA022-006----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An oval-shaped area (dims. c. 86m N-S, 64m E-W) defined by a very low bank at E and W, and by a scarp at N. Traces of the fosse and outer bank are visible at E, as well as the possible original entrance. No other visible surface remains. Originally known as 'the Fort of the Brake', it was ploughed in 1855 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 179-80).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.