What is recorded here

Clochan in Baile Cainín is a hollowed mound where a little church may have stood before memory faded into stone. Two shallow dents mark its north-east side, one still holding a curved fragment of drystone wall large enough for a four-metre interior. The name and shape point to a cashel, yet local tradition insists on worship, leaving the true purpose caught between devotion and defense.

Cathair an Easpaig: There is a local tradition that a little church KE043-003001- once stood on this spot. There are 2 hollows near the NE side of the mound and in one of these a short section of drystone walling is preserved. The latter is probably part of the wall of a clochaun which would have had an internal diameter of at least 4m. It is not clear from the surviving remains what this site originally consisted of or how it should be classified. The name and the presence of a hut site suggest that it was a cashel, but tradition suggests it was a church site. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 970. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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