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Cashelbawn

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Cashelbawn
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In boggy ground, on the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains and c. 80m NE of the Lenane River; there is a natural hollow immediately to the S. An oval area (25m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) enclosed by foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 2.2m; max. H 0.7m), topped by a stone field boundary built from collapsed stone. On the S side of the cashel the ground drops c. 2m from the base of the cashel wall to the base of the natural hollow. The cashel is densely overgrown with bushes and brambles. A rath (SL036-018----) lies c. 80m to N. 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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