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Cashel in Commons

Ecclesiastical enclosure
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Situated towards the N and E edge of a plateau with rock outcrop. The medieval church (LE025-096001-) and the rectangular graveyards are imposed on the surrounding curvilinear earthworks. These cover an area of about 15 ha (c. 60 acres) and are protected by a Preservation Order (No. 3/1994). They consist of grass-covered earth and stone banks (Wth 4-6m; H 0.5-1m) which form a roughly circular ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 110m) around the principal church, which is undoubtedly the site of the original church. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1994).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE025-096004

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Photo credits
  • Fifiheavey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791; Ledwich, Edward, 1738-1823, continuator, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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