Caiseal Mór
The Gaelic name Caiseal may refer to: *Ringfort, a circular defensive fort. *Cashel (other), various places, mainly in Ireland *Caiseal Mor The Gaelic name Caiseal may refer to: *Ringfort, a circular defensive fort. *Cashel (other) Cashel (an Anglicised form of the Irish language word ''Caiseal'', meaning "stone fort") may refer to: Places in Ireland *Cashel, County Tipperar ...

Ringfort
Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze Age up to about the year 1000. They are found in Northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are also many in South Wales and in Cornwall, where they are called rounds. Ringforts come in many sizes and may be made of stone or earth. Earthen ringforts would have been marked by a circular rampart (a bank and ditch), often with a stakewall. Both stone and earthen ringforts would generally have had at least one building inside. Distribution Ireland In Irish language sources they are known by a number of names: ' (anglicised ''rath'', also Welsh ''rath''), ' (anglicised ''lis''; cognate with Cornish '), ' (anglicised ''cashel''), ' (anglicised ''caher'' or ''cahir''; cognate with Welsh ', Cornish and Breton ') and ' (anglicised ''dun'' or ''doon''; cognate with Welsh and Cornish ').Edwards, Nancy. ''The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland''. Routledge, 20 ...
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Cashel (other)
Cashel (an Anglicised form of the Irish language word ''Caiseal'', meaning "stone fort") may refer to: Places in Ireland *Cashel, County Tipperary **The Rock of Cashel, an ancient, hilltop fortress complex for which Cashel is named **Archbishop of Cashel **Cashel (Parliament of Ireland constituency), before 1800 **Cashel (UK Parliament constituency) (1801–70) **Dean of Cashel *Cashel, County Galway *An Caiseal (or Cashel), a village on Achill island, Co. Mayo Places in Canada *Cashel, Ontario: neighbourhood in Markham *Tudor and Cashel: township in Hastings County, Ontario Places elsewhere *Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota, United States *Cashel, Zimbabwe People *Ernest Cashel (1882–1904), American-born outlaw who became famous in Canada for his repeated escapes from custody *Cashel Man, a bog body from the Cúl na Móna bog near Cashel in County Laois, Ireland See also *Caiseal (other) The Gaelic name Caiseal may refer to: * Ringfort, a circular defensive ...
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