Cashel, Zimbabwe

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Cashel
Village
Cashel
Coordinates: 19°32′34″S 32°47′15″E / 19.542698767313578°S 32.7874087429389°E / -19.542698767313578; 32.7874087429389
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Manicaland
District	Chimanimani District
Elevation	1,190 m (3,900 ft)

Cashel is a village in Chimanimani District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. It is located near the Mozambique border, just north of the Chimanimani Mountains. Forestry, bananas, wheat, and various cash crops are grown in the area.^{[citation needed]} It was originally called Penkridge but was changed to Cashel in 1957.^{[citation needed]} It was named after Lt. Col. E. Cashel, a former member of the British South Africa Police and the Rhodesian Volunteers, who retired to this area after World War I.^{[citation needed]} The Cashel valley is well known for radio and television commercials, which sought to extol the quality of its peas, beans and other agricultural products.^{[citation needed]}