Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cashel (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashel (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21868, -8.22593
- SMR number
- LE015-096001-
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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
Located on a shelf towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 18.7m NE-SW) with dense growth of blackthorn in the SE half. It is defined by the foundations of a stone wall with visible facing-stones (Wth of wall 3-3.5m; max. H 0.6m), which is extensively robbed S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance but there is a possible souterrain (LE015-096002-) in the interior. A small annexe or house site (int. L 4.5m; int. Wth 1.8m) defined by a stone spread (Wth 0.9-1.45m) with an entrance gap (Wth c. 1.5m) on the NW side is attached to the exterior of the cashel wall at NW.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.