Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gleann Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10194, -10.42385
- SMR number
- KE052-250----
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
A small circular enclosure situated on the lower S slopes of Mount Eagle, overlooking Dingle Bay. It lies c. 50m W of Cathair na Máirtíneach (KE052-249----) and c. 75m NE of a very similar enclosure (KE052-251----). It measures 9m in diameter internally and the enclosing wall stands to a maximum height of 1.5m; the dilapidated state of the wall makes it difficult to estimate its original thickness. The 1.5m wide entrance gap at E is defined by upright slabs.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1541. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.