Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Glen (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cashel
- Coordinates
- 54.19002, -8.55640
- SMR number
- SL020-186----
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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
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope and adjacent to a farmyard. A circular area (30m N-S; 28.5 E-W) defined by a stone wall which is incorporated into a field boundary along the S arc. Apart from a section along the NE arc, the wall (Wth 2.7m; H 1.8m) is well preserved and incorporates some large boulders. The wall has been removed at NE where a farm building has been constructed. There are three gaps in the S arc, including a possible entrance (Wth 2.6m). The interior is clear of overgrowth. According to O'Rorke (1878, 230), the nearby village of Glen is sometimes called 'Cashel' after a fort or cashel that stands nearby. Another cashel (SL020-185----) lies c. 120m to W.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.