<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunbeg - Stone Fort or Dun in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Kerry
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Multi-periodSite Name: Dunbeg Alternative Name: FahanCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Kerry Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Dingle Nearest Village: Fahan
Map Ref: V3502297293
Discovery Map Number: D70
Latitude: 52.103419N Longitude: 10.408563W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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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escale1 visited on 30th Sep 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3
Macha visited on 6th Feb 2003 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
X-Ice visited on 4th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 4 dead sheep ruined my visit
HChavez visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 3.67
The side-walls of the long, lintelled entrance are recessed to hold sliding defensive beams, and have guard-chambers on each side with squint-holes for surveillance of the passage. From below the passage a long souterrain leads out at least as far as the second of 4 parallel defensive stone-faced banks with ditches. Inside the fort are remains of a large circular stone hut (clochán) with a square interior. From it a stone drain leads to the cliff-edge, where some traces of a curtain-wall survive.
~ Between Dunbeg promontory fort and Slea Head are many stone forts containing circular stone huts or clocháns of one, 2 and 3 chambers, especially in the contiguous townlands of Fahan and Glenfahan. Unfortunately, many locals are charging the unwary to cross their land to see them. But the best of the forts is Caher Murphy, 400 metres W of the ford and about 100 m N of the road at a little lay-by. One of many forts to fall victim to fanciful Victorian restoration, it is still well worth visiting, and contains 5 contiguous circular huts. In the floor of one is an entrance to a souterrain.
Note: 'We cannot stress how dangerous it is': Ancient Kerry fort closed after storm damage See story here.
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