What is recorded here

Cashel is a fairy fort in County Leitrim, Ireland. The oval platform rises twenty-seven metres north to south and twenty metres east to west, while deciduous trees break across its surface. Scarps climb as much as one point six metres at the eastern edge, and intermittent grass-covered stone still marks the perimeter. A separate eighteen-metre enclosure sits toward the southwest, its low drystone wall probably modern. The Scardan River begins not far beyond, and the whole place belongs to the valley rather than to a single remembered event.

Situated on a rise in n a valley close to the headwaters of the Scardan River, with a W-E section of the stream c. 60m to the N. This is an oval platform (diam. 27m N-S; 20m E-W), planted with deciduous trees, which is defined by scarps (H 0.3m generally to 1.6m at E) with the intermittent remains of a grass-covered stone spread on the perimeter. There is an enclosure (diam. 18m) inside the perimeter at SW, defined by a low drystone-built wall (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.4m), which is probably modern. 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

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