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Cashel

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Cashel
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Cashel is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lugawarry, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a pasture on a north-facing slope, forming a circular area twenty-two metres across. A rubble boulder wall encloses the space, reaching one metre inside and two metres outside. Overgrowth now covers part of the structure, while another cashel lies one hundred and fifty metres to the west-northwest.
In pasture, on a N-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 22m) enclosed by a stone wall (T 3.8m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2m) composed of rubble boulders. The cashel is partially covered with overgrowth. Another cashel (SL020-175----) lies c. 150m to WNW. 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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