What is recorded here

Cashelbawn is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrowreagh (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies boggy ground on the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains, about 80 metres northeast of the Lenane River. An oval area measures 25 metres northeast-southwest and 20 metres northwest-southeast, enclosed by drystone wall foundations 2.2 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. The south side drops two metres into a natural hollow, while bushes and brambles densely cover the site.

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

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