Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Baile An Tsléibhe, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Tsléibhe
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12436, -10.41607
- SMR number
- KE052-028----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On E slopes of Mount Eagle. A complete D-shaped hut of drystone corbelled construction, incorporating large rock outcrop at base of straight wall. Lintelled entrance is .62m high x .38 to .55m wide. D: 2 x 1.9m. H: 1.6m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1065. 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.