Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Baile An Sceilg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Sceilg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.81530, -10.27085
- SMR number
- KE097-067----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In October 1962, human remains were discovered on the sea-shore close to Ballinskelligs Abbey (KE097-036----). The skeleton was noticed close to the surface in sandy soil, which had previously been bog but had been washed away by coastal erosion.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 28 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Holed stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.