What is recorded here

Cashel is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Kincuillew, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular site sits on a south-facing slope of the Ox Mountains and contains a man-made underground passage in its eastern half. A separate hut site lies one hundred metres to the southeast, while parts of the original wall now mark a field boundary.

In rough grazing, on a S-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. 26.5m) defined by the lower courses of a drystone wall (Wth 2.75m; H 1m). Parts of the wall are rebuilt to form a field boundary. The interior, which slopes down gently to SE, is scattered with stones. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL036-004002-) in the E half of the interior. A hut site (SL036-068----) lies c. 100m to SE. 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

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