Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gleann Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.10205, -10.42799
- SMR number
- KE052-162----
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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
In reclaimed pasture, on the SW-facing slopes of Sliabh an Iolair and overlooking Dingle Bay. Indicated as a semicircular hachured area (diam. c. 70m) SE-NW on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. The field boundaries indicated on that map to the W and S of the possible enclosure have been removed. No remains of the possible enclosure are visible at ground level.
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.