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Enclosure in Fán

Enclosure

What is recorded here

Enclosure in Fán held two clochauns inside a ruined bank on the Dingle Peninsula before destruction between the 1840s and 1895. It may have been a modest domestic or agricultural enclosure, visible enough to mark but small enough to vanish without ceremony.
This site was destroyed between the 1840's and 1895. The depiction on the 1st edition of the OS map shows 2 clochauns surrounded by a single ring of hachures which probably represented a ruined bank or wall. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 677. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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