Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10765, -10.41829
- SMR number
- KE052-226001-
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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
On a level terrace on the SE slopes of Mount Eagle. A D-shaped corbelled drystone structure modified for use as a sheep-fold. The entrance gap at the N end of the straight E wall is provided externally with a short approach passage, defined to S by upright slabs and to N by the very ruined, remains of a 2nd structure which was apparently circular with an internal diameter of c. 1.67m (Macalister 1899, 236). Abutting the SE side of the D-shaped hut is a small enclosure, probably related to the reuse of the site as a sheep-fold.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1259. 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.