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In pasture, located on a roughly E-W ridge, close to the break of slope on the N side. There are very good views to N−NE.
This cashel is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is named ‘Cashel’ on the 1919 edition. Dilapidated remains of an originally circular cashel (diam. c. 25m), crossed E of centre by a field fence on a NNE−SSW axis and truncated to S by an E-W road.
The enclosing wall survives at SW−NNE as a low, sod-covered stone bank (Wth c. 2.5m). Large in situ stone blocks, part of the original external wall face, are visible in parts. It survives to a maximum external height of c. 0.65m, and its internal edge is almost flush with the slightly raised interior surface. At NW−N remnants of a field wall on a roughly E−W axis merge with the wall.
The E arc of the cashel wall has been removed, and its original curve can be traced now as a slight, grass-covered undulation. The S arc of the cashel has been destroyed by the E-W road. A thicket of blackthorn obscures much of the W half of the cashel.
There is a cashel (MA073-028----) 150m to WSW and another cashel (MA073-030001-) 200m to SE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 4 June 2021
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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