
What is recorded here
Clochán an Ardáin holds three or four hut sites inside a circular wall thirty-seven metres wide on the SE slopes of Mount Eagle. The Fair Plan called it a fort, Macalister measured it in 1899, and Cuppage recorded it in 1986. People may have lived there before becoming a cashel, using the wall to keep out mountain weather rather than enemies.
Clochán an Ardáin: In open mountain terrain on SE slopes of Mount Eagle. A group of 3 or 4 hut sites enclosed by an old field wall. On the 1st edition of the OS maps, the structures are located within a circular enclosure named Fort on the Fair Plan. Macalister (1899, 217-8) gives a diameter of 37m for the enclosure, and it is possible that this site was a cashel (KE052-084004-).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1396. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
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