Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Steps
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Dotted outline
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77028, -10.54000
- SMR number
- KE104A001017-
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
South Steps: On the steep S-facing rocky slopes of Sceilg Mhichíl. The S steps (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.1-0.2m) are formed by stone flags set on a foundation of coursed stone and wind upwards to the NW from the south landing to Christ's Valley (Saddle). Here they join with steps (KE104A001111-) from the north landing and continue to the NE to merge with the E steps (KE104A001022-) outside the lintelled entrance to the main ecclesiastical complex. The lighthouse road, which was constructed near the shoreline in the 1820s, cuts across this flight of steps.
See attached images taken from Skellig Michael World Heritage Site Management Plan 2008 – 2018, contour plan taken from Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Property Management Plan 2020–30
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 3 March 2022
References
Anon. 2008 Skellig Michael World Heritage Site Management Plan 2008 – 2018. DEHLG and OPW.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Platformunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.