Caherdorgan North

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Caherdorgan North
Native name
Irish: Cathair Deargáin Thuaidh
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View of the fort
Typestone ringfort and medieval house
EtymologyDoregan's stone fort
Location Dingle Peninsula County Kerry
Coordinates 52°10′45″N10°20′22″W / 52.179256°N 10.339466°W / 52.179256; -10.339466 Coordinates: 52°10′45″N10°20′22″W / 52.179256°N 10.339466°W / 52.179256; -10.339466
Elevation66 m (217 ft)
Built8th or 9th century AD
Ownerstate
Official nameCaherdorgan North Cashel / The Chancellor's House
Reference no.221.4748
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Location of Caherdorgan North in Ireland

Caherdorgan North is a National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. [1] [2]

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Location

Caherdorgan North's cashel lies on the slope overlooking Smerwick Harbour, 6.6 km (4.1 mi) northwest of Dingle. The Chancellor's House is 300 m (330 yd) to the north. [3] [4]

Caherdorgan Cashel

The cashel has a circular wall, within which are 5 dry stone clocháns with corbelled roofs. A souterrain was once here. [5]

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Panorama of the interior

The Chancellor's House

View of a wall of the Chancellor's House Cill Mhaoilcheadair (Kilmalkedar), The Chancellor's House - geograph.org.uk - 275343.jpg
View of a wall of the Chancellor's House

The Chancellor's House (Fothrach an tSainsiléara) is a ruined rectangular stone medieval building. [6] [7] [8] [9] It was probably home to the chancellor (cancellarius) of the Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe. The house is 17.6 m (58 ft) long and contains a bread oven and fireplace. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John; Cosgrove, Art (14 March 1976). A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780198217374 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Killanin, Baron Michael Morris; Duignan, Michael V. (14 March 1989). The Shell guide to Ireland. Gill and Macmillan. ISBN   9780717115952 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Caherdorgan North". www.themodernantiquarian.com.
  4. ↑ http://homepage.eircom.net/~mickmongey/Caherdorgan.html [ bare URL ]
  5. ↑ GoKerry.ie. "Cathair Deargáin Thuaidh/Caherdorgan North, Cathair/Stone Fort or Cashel, national monument, - Go Kerry". www.gokerry.ie.
  6. ↑ "Cosán na Naomh (The Saint's Road) - Dingle Peninsula". www.wildatlanticway.com.
  7. ↑ Tibus, Website design and development by. "Cosán na Naomh (The Saint's Road) - Activities - Walking - Linear Walks - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Kerry - Ballyferriter - Discover Ireland". www.discoverireland.ie.
  8. ↑ Brown, June (14 March 2018). Karen Brown's Ireland: Exceptional Places to Stay and Itineraries. Karen Brown's Guides. ISBN   9781933810065 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Context: Chancellor's House, Kilmalkedar". catalogue.nli.ie.
  10. ↑ http://www.megalithicireland.com/Kilmalkedar,%20The%20Chancellor's%20House,%20,%20Kerry.html [ bare URL ]


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