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
- 51.77051, -10.54058
- SMR number
- KE104A001024-
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-001024- This rough slab stands close to the natural shelter on Christ's Valley (23). On its S face is a roughly grooved Latin cross. L: 0.95m. W: 0.36m. T: 0.11m.
See attached drawing of cross-slab, taken from The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry 281, Fig. 181 (d).
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 (87). 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
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Stepsunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.