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Glanfahan
Glanfahan is a townland on the Dingle Peninsula, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, notable for its large collection of clocháns, which form a National Monument (Ireland), National Monument. Location Glanfahan is located on the southern slopes of Mount Eagle (Ireland), Mount Eagle, overlooking Dingle Bay, south of Dunquin. History It is difficult to establish dates for Glenfahan as the drystone technique has been used in Ireland for millennia. However, it is believed to date to the early Christian period (5th–8th centuries AD), linked to the monastic traditions of the region and perhaps the pilgrimage route to Skellig Michael. Other historians place their construction in the 12th century, when Norman invasion of Ireland, Norman invaders forced the Gaelic Irish to peripheral areas like the Dingle Peninsula. It has been theorised that the huts were inhabited by the unfree and cashels by the freemen. Some Irish cashels remained in occupation up to the 18th century AD. In the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clochán
A clochán (plural clocháin) or beehive hut is a dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly associated with the south-western Irish seaboard. The precise construction date of most of these structures is unknown with the buildings belonging to a long-established Celtic tradition, though there is at present no direct evidence to date the surviving examples before . Some associated with religious sites may be pre-Romanesque, some consider that the most fully intact structures date after the 12th century or later. It is where monks lived. Form They are most commonly round beehive huts, but rectangular plans are known as well. It has been suggested that the rectangular footprints date to a later era. Some clochán are not completely built of stone and may have possessed a thatched roof. The walls are very thick, up to . Sometimes several clochans are joined together by their walls. Locations Clochán are mainly found in the Southwest of Ireland, for example at Skellig Michael, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
