Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77107, -10.54161
- SMR number
- KE104A001009-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
'This feature comprises a short, narrow, steep-sided ridge which runs to E from just below the level of the summit of the S Peak. It is c. 3m long and varies in width, narrowing to only 0.2m towards the middle' (Horn et. al. 1990, 54; O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 288, no. 948 (33)). It was once used by pilgrims to reach the standing stone known as 'The Spit' (KE104A001008-) at its E end (Smith 1756, 115).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
References
Smith, C. 1756 (Reprint 1969) The ancient and present state of the county of Kerry. Cork. The Mercier Press.
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
Horn, W., White Marshall, J. and Rourke, G. 1990 The forgotten hermitage of Skellig Michael. Berkley. University of California Press.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Shrineunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cisternunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.