Cashelore
Cashelore, also called Cashel Bir or Bawnboy, is a stone ringfort and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: stone ringfort in County Sligo, Ireland
- Also known as: “Bawnboy” and “Cashel Bir”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gortlownan Motte and Giant’s grave.
Gortlownan Motte
Archaeological site
Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Gortlownan Motte is situated 3 km northeast of Cashelore.
Giant’s grave
Archaeological site
Photo: Wanfried-Dublin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giant’s grave is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southwest of Cashelore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballintogher and Sooey.
Ballintogher
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballintogher is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east.
Sooey
Hamlet
Sooey, is a village in County Sligo in Ireland. The village is situated near Riverstown, on the R284 road which runs between Sligo and Leitrim village in County Leitrim. Sooey is situated 5 km south of Cashelore.
Dromahair
Town
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manorhamilton is a town in County Leitrim in northwest Ireland, 26 km east of Sligo. With a population in 2022 of 1700, it's the only town of any size in the north of the county, from Lough Allen to the Atlantic coast. Dromahair is situated 5 km northeast of Cashelore.
Cashelore
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.20997° or 54° 12′ 36″ northLongitude
-8.37769° or 8° 22′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C6H6J5C+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 555420874OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q15793699
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Irish—“Cashelore” goes by many names.
- German: “Cashelor Fort”
- Irish: “Caisleán an Uabhair”
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Highlights include Lough Lee and Drumcondra Castle.
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