Two or possibly three of them stood here, and they may have been conjoined, sharing walls in the manner seen at better-known groupings elsewhere on the peninsula. They are gone now, destroyed in recent years, which places this site in a quietly melancholy category: not lost to antiquity, but lost within living memory.

The existence of the clochans at Cathair Coinn was recorded by J. Cuppage in the 1986 Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey of the Dingle Peninsula, a landmark publication that documented the remarkable concentration of prehistoric and early medieval monuments in this part of Kerry. The site was catalogued as no. 1421 in that survey. Subsequent research, including information provided by D. Ó Conchúir, confirmed that the structures had been destroyed after that record was made. The name Cathair Coinn, containing the element cathair, which typically refers to a stone ringfort or enclosed settlement, hints at a broader archaeological context for the clochans, suggesting they may once have formed part of a more substantial enclosure or habitation site. Exactly when they were demolished, and the precise circumstances, are not documented in detail.