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‖ cashel Irish Antiq.|ˈkæshəl|
[= Irish caiseal bulwark, wall, prob. ad. L. castell-um fortlet.]
(See quots.)
1845Petrie Eccl. Archit. Irel. 421 All separate edifices, surrounded by a cashel, or circular wall. 1885Stokes in Contemp. Rev. May 742 In Ireland alone does he find in the West cashels such as he finds in Egypt. A cashel is a strong fence or ring-wall enclosing a group of churches with their annexed monastic buildings, e.g. at Glendalough. |