Kilcashel Coastal Stone Ringfort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kilcashel is a coastal stone ringfort in County Donegal, Ireland, where a fifteen-metre circular wall still stands one metre high on a limestone knoll surrounded by sea on three sides. The builders incorporated bare rock into the wall, blending human craft and natural shape until the boundary between them vanished. Rough pasture and scattered stones mark the ground today, but the fort remains a clear circle against the horizon, holding its form long after the hands that shaped it disappeared.

Internal diam. 15m. An almost circular area enclosed by a stone wall which survives up to 1.1m in height. Sections of rock outcrop are incorporated in the wall. The wall varies in width from 1.3m to 2.85m. The site is located on a knoll of limestone surrounded on the N, E and S by the sea. There is rough pasture with much rock outcrop. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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