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Multi-periodSite Name: Caher Conor Alternative Name: Cathair na gConchuireachCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Kerry Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Dingle Nearest Village: Ventry
Map Ref: V328976
Latitude: 52.105509N Longitude: 10.441112W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Also known as the Fahan Beehive Huts, Caher Conor (Cathair na gConchuireach) is located on the south side of Mount Eagle west of Dingle. The complex consists of five structures. The clochan (beehive huts) in Caher Conor were probably single family dwellings and were attached to each other with a doorway leading from one to the other. The hillside at one time had over 400 of these drystone, corbelled huts surviving, prompting one antiquarian in the 19th century to refer to the area as the "City of Fahan." As one observer states, "Dating the huts is difficult because the skill of corbelling has been used in Newgrange (3100 BCE) and as recently as the 1950s. The huts at Fahan along the Slea Head Drive may well date to the 12th Century CE when the incoming Normans forced the Irish off the good land and out to the periphery of the Dingle Peninsula."
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