Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.10443, -10.41025
- SMR number
- KE052-269----
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 cup and ring stone measuring 5 foot (1.5m) x 2.5 feet (1.76m) is recorded on an index card of the Kerry Archaeological Survey, accompanied by a note expressing some doubt as to both its position and its authenticity.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 182. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013
In improved pasture (50m OD), on a SE-facing slope overlooking Dingle Bay and Atlantic Ocean. No visible surface trace. No stone of this description in the field: It has either been buried or completely removed. According to Cuppage (1986, 62), ‘A cup and ring stone measuring 5 foot (1.5m) x 2.5 feet (1.76m) is recorded on an index card of the Kerry Archaeological Survey, accompanied by a note expressing some doubt as to both its position and its authenticity.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 7 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.