What is recorded here

Clochán an Ardáin holds three or four hut sites inside a circular wall on the SE slopes of Mount Eagle. Macalister measured the enclosure at 37m in 1899, large enough to suggest a cashel rather than an ordinary farmstead. The huts sit in open mountain terrain, exposed to weather and visibility. They may have served as a seasonal stronghold, a refuge, or a small defended settlement. The name Fort on the Fair Plan preserves that older identity. The wall still surrounds the huts, marking a place where people lived under the watch of the mountain.

Clochán an Ardáin: In open mountain terrain on SE slopes of Mount Eagle. A group of 3 or 4 hut sites (KE052-084---, -KE052-084001-, KE052-084002- & KE052-084003-) 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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