Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Gleann Seanchoirp, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Seanchoirp
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.20826, -10.21064
- SMR number
- KE034-138001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A possible cashel KE034-138---- and clochaun KE034-138001- situated on level ground towards the S end of the narrow strip of cultivated land which lies between the foothills of the Brandon mountain range to NW and the peat bog which occupies the floor of the Owenmore valley to SE.
A circular depression, 5.5m in diameter, in the NW sector may indicate the location of a hut-site.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 692. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.