What is recorded here

Caherbaun, the white fortress, stood on a steep slope beside Gleann na nGealt until a laneway cut through its heart. Only a semi-circular scar remains where children may have been buried, reducing a proud defense to a shallow dip in the earth. The road owns the memory now, smoothing the bones of the fortress into ordinary traffic.

Caherbaun/An Chathair Bhán: Situated on the E side of the entrance to Gleann na nGealt, on a fairly steep slope c. 200m from the river. A laneway now traverses the centre of the site which is largely destroyed. The only indication of its former presence occurs on the W side of the lane where a semi-circular level space, 28m in maximum diameter, is defined to W by a curving scarp which falls 1.9m to the external ground level. Its condition appears to have been little better in the early 19th century when it was described as 'the ruin of some fortress now nearly defaced and partly cultivated with an old road leading through the centre' (OSNB Kilgobban, 41). Some possible graves were also noted at that time and it was reputedly used as a children's burial ground. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 731. 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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