A track leading down to a sandy beach behind Fydlyn Island suggests a landing place deserted rural settlement to the south. The track and wall can still be traced in modern aerial photography (see NPRN 519029).
Sources include:
Historic Admiralty Chart 1684-A2, RCAHMW Digital Collections sourced from UK Hydrographic Office (published 1846)
Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, October 2011.
The sites at Carmel Head have been monitored as part of the CHERISH project, due to being at risk from natural processes exacerbated by climate change. CHERISH (Climate, Heritage and Environments of Reefs, Islands and Headlands) is an EU-funded Wales-Ireland project (2017-2022) led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, in partnership with the Discovery Programme: Centre for Archaeology and Innovation Ireland, Aberystwyth University: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Geological Survey, Ireland. Work included aerial survey in 2016 and photographic survey in 2018.
H. Genders Boyd, CHERISH, April 2022