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Fahan, County Kerry
52.1016° N, -10.4215° E
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Fahan is an area on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, noted for a collection of clochán, or drystone beehive huts. Fahan lies below Mount Eagle on the southern coast of the Dingle peninsula, to the west of the fishing village of Ventry and to the east of the steep cliffs of Slea Head. Fahan has many antiquities, including cave dwellings, stone beehive huts, stone monuments and forts.
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Some huts from mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Dunbeg Fort predates 800 AD
before 800 AD
Major clochán-building phase
12th century
Artist George Victor Du Noyer visit
1858
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