Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77056, -10.54057
- SMR number
- KE104A001025-
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
In a natural cave on the SW side of Christ's Valley (KE104A001104-) on Sceilg Mhichíl. A Latin cross (H 0.24m; Wth 0.19m), with 'INRI' scratched above it, is carved on the smooth vertical face of a S-facing rock in the cave (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 287, no. 948 (23))
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
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-slabunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Stepsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.