Meaning of cashel | Babel Free
/ˈkæʃəl/Definitions
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In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense. historical
- A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
- A village in County Galway, Ireland.
- A village in County Mayo, Ireland, officially called An Caiseal.
- A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
- A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
- A surname.
Examples
“A cashel is basically a ringfort (a circulr living area surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch) in which the bank surrounding the settlement is a stone wall; often, cashels did not have a surrounding ditch.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.