2017 Ireland - Dingle Peninsula - Glanfahan
Cathair Uí Murchú (Cashel Murphy)
Gleann Fán
At Main Entrance looking across courtyard and to huts at far end (1) and to right (4).
"Caher Murphy/Cathair Mhurfaí: This oval cashel (National Monument no. 156/1-5) is situated on the S slopes of Mount Eagle overlooking Dingle Bay. Much of its interior is occupied by a group of 5 roughly circular, conjoined clochauns, and a 6th irregularly-shaped structure. A souterrain passage extends from one of these huts to a chamber beneath the cashel wall. The site has been considerably restored by the OPW, and, during restoration work in the 19th century, an elaborate cross-slab was discovered; this is now housed in the NMI. A fragment of the upper stone of a rotary quern was also found lying loose within the cashel.
"(1, Far End) This circular, drystone-built clochaun opens off the NW corner of the courtyard. There is possible evidence for a paved pathway between its entrance and that to the adjacent hut. This hut measures 5.4m in diameter internally and the corbelled wall stands to a maximum height of 1.75m. Directly N of the entrance there is a recess in the wall which may mark the former location of the cross-slab. This latter apparently acted as a jamb stone on this inner, N side of the entrance (Macalister 1899, 256).
"(4, right with entrance to 5 seen) An entrance passage on the N side of the courtyard leads directly to a circular hut, 4.7m in diameter internally. The drystone-built wall stands to a maximum height of 2m and is only very slightly corbelled. The entrance passage is 1.7m long and .7m wide at base narrowing to .52m at top. The 2 entrances at NW and SE lead into other huts. A stone-lined pit in the centre of this structure is probably a hearth site. Two stones on edge and a prostrate slab in the W part of the interior appear to define a passage leading to the entance to clochaun (#5) at NW."
J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 568
2017 Ireland - Dingle Peninsula - Glanfahan
Cathair Uí Murchú (Cashel Murphy)
Gleann Fán
At Main Entrance looking across courtyard and to huts at far end (1) and to right (4).
"Caher Murphy/Cathair Mhurfaí: This oval cashel (National Monument no. 156/1-5) is situated on the S slopes of Mount Eagle overlooking Dingle Bay. Much of its interior is occupied by a group of 5 roughly circular, conjoined clochauns, and a 6th irregularly-shaped structure. A souterrain passage extends from one of these huts to a chamber beneath the cashel wall. The site has been considerably restored by the OPW, and, during restoration work in the 19th century, an elaborate cross-slab was discovered; this is now housed in the NMI. A fragment of the upper stone of a rotary quern was also found lying loose within the cashel.
"(1, Far End) This circular, drystone-built clochaun opens off the NW corner of the courtyard. There is possible evidence for a paved pathway between its entrance and that to the adjacent hut. This hut measures 5.4m in diameter internally and the corbelled wall stands to a maximum height of 1.75m. Directly N of the entrance there is a recess in the wall which may mark the former location of the cross-slab. This latter apparently acted as a jamb stone on this inner, N side of the entrance (Macalister 1899, 256).
"(4, right with entrance to 5 seen) An entrance passage on the N side of the courtyard leads directly to a circular hut, 4.7m in diameter internally. The drystone-built wall stands to a maximum height of 2m and is only very slightly corbelled. The entrance passage is 1.7m long and .7m wide at base narrowing to .52m at top. The 2 entrances at NW and SE lead into other huts. A stone-lined pit in the centre of this structure is probably a hearth site. Two stones on edge and a prostrate slab in the W part of the interior appear to define a passage leading to the entance to clochaun (#5) at NW."
J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 568