Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
An Blascaod Mór, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Blascaod Mór
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.09434, -10.54072
- SMR number
- KE051-005003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An Dún: This unusual site is located in an exposed position about 350m E of the summit of Slieve-donagh/Sliabh an Dúna (937 feet/286m).
Two large circular clochauns were formerly visible in the interior (Mason 1950, 103-4). A spread of stone collapse in the E sector, and a roughly circular stony bank in the W sector may represent the remains.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1521. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.