Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10356, -10.41495
- SMR number
- KE052-246002-
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
Circular enclosure KE052-246---- marked on the 1st edition of the OS map no longer survives. Four clochauns were marked in the interior and the site was named 'Fort' on the Fair Plan. It was located on the lower S slopes of Mount Eagle overlooking Dingle Bay.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 676. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.