| Cashelore | |
| Native Name: | Caisleán an Uabhair |
| Native Language: | ga |
| Other Name: | Cashel Bir Bawnboy |
| Coordinates: | 54.2101°N -8.3776°W |
| Location: | Castleore, Ballintogher, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Area: | 500m2 |
| Elevation: | 49m (161feet) |
| Type: | stone ringfort |
| Designation1: | National Monument of Ireland |
| Designation1 Offname: | Cashel Bir Stone Fort |
| Designation1 Number: | 277.02 |
Cashelore, also called Cashel Bir or Bawnboy, is a stone ringfort (cashel) and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.[1]
Cashelore is located on the southern slopes of Benbo Mountain, 1.3 km (¾ mile) northwest of Ballintogher.[2]
Cashelore was built in the early Christian period (AD 400–1100). The name may mean "Fort Pride", while Cashel Bir is caiseal bir, "stone ringfort of stakes", presumably meaning that there was a palisade surrounding it, and Bawnboy is bábhún buidhe, "yellow walled enclosure."[3]
Skeletons were formerly found near the fort.
It is believed to be identical with Caislen-in-nuabhair, mentioned in the Annals of Loch Cé, entry for 1389:
The O'Rourkes were kings of West Breifne (roughly County Leitrim), while the Ó hÉilidhe (Healys) were based around the Curlew Mountains, Ballinafad and the west of Lough Arrow. Per dolum is Latin for "by trickery." The Ó Fearghail ruled Angaile (roughly County Longford).[4]
This is a stone ringfort 23m (75feet) long E-W and 16m (52feet) NS, with walls 3m (10feet) thick and 2.4m (07.9feet) high.[5]
A souterrain led to the bottom of the hill and could have functioned as an escape route.[6] [7]