Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gleann Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleann Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10158, -10.42477
- SMR number
- KE052-251----
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 located c. 75m SW of KE052-250---- and 40m S of Cathair na Máirttíneach (KE052-249----). It measures 9.5m in diameter internally and is enclosed by the ruins of a stone wall which may have been partly rebuilt. The latter is a maximum of 1.25m high. The entrance at E is 1.5m wide and 1.9m long and is partly defined by upright slabs.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1542. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.