Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Com Dhíneol Theas, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com Dhíneol Theas
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10277, -10.45186
- SMR number
- KE052-139----
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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
An oval, roofed structure, built against the face of a rock outcrop on the W slopes of the Mount Eagle to Slea Head ridge. The corbelled drystone wall is 1.2m high and the structure is roofed by 5 large slabs which step upwards from the entrance at NE. There are possible traces of an enclosure/courtyard outside the entrance. D: 3 x 1.6m.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1230. 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.