Barnacahoge Cashel

Barnacahoge Cashel, is a stone ringfort (cashel) and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.[1]

Barnacahoge Cashel
Native name
Irish: Caiseal Cluain Meirg
Location of Barnacahoge Cashel in Ireland
Typestone ringfort
LocationBarnacahoge, Swinford,
County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates53.905452°N 8.856397°W / 53.905452; -8.856397
Elevation136 m (446 ft)
Builtc. AD 700
Official nameBarnacahoge Cashel
Reference no.561

Location

Barnacahoge Cashel is located on a hill immediately west of Ireland West Airport Knock.[2]

History

Barnacahoge Cashel was constructed in early Christian period (7th or 8th century AD) and may have been inhabited as late as the 18th century. Within the shelter of these stone walls were thatched dwellings of mud and wattle, and pens into which livestock could have been herded when threatened by enemies.

It was rediscovered in 1976–77.

Description

Encircling the flat summit are the remains of a wall 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) thick and 16 m (52 ft) in diameter.

References

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