What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cashel (castlereagh By., Ballinlough Ed) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cashel (castlereagh By., Ballinlough Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped site measures 28 metres northeast-southwest and 20 metres northwest-southeast inside a one-metre-wide, one-metre-high stone wall. Large stones cluster at the wall base from southeast to south-southwest, while the local name Cashel Beg identifies the area now working as a vegetable garden.

On a high, level landscape. D-shaped area (int. dims 28m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by a stone wall (Wth 1m; H 1m), with large stones at the base of the wall SE-SSW. It is known locally as 'Cashel Beg', and is used as a vegetable garden. Cashel (RO025-010001-) is c. 110m to the SSE, and the possible cashel (RO025-009----) is c. 210m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A D-shaped stone ringfort known locally as 'Cashel Beg', likely dating to the early medieval period, situated on a high, level landscape with a stone wall up to 1m wide and 1m high. The name 'Cashel' suggests a possible ecclesiastical or defensive function, while its local designation as a 'fairy fort' reflects traditional folklore associating such sites with supernatural or otherworldly significance.

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