Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 51.77099, -10.54007
- SMR number
- KE104A001021-
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
KE104A-001021- Located close to the flight of steps that ascends from Christ's Valley to the ecclesiastical complex on the NE peak, this rough slab tapers from a broad base to a rounded head. Its SW face features a roughly grooved Latin cross with bulbous terminals. The slab inclines markedly to SW. H: 1.08m. W: 0.56m. T: 0.1m.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), 290, No. 948, No. 85. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Stepsunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.