Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
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
- 51.77201, -10.53883
- SMR number
- KE104A001047-
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
Leacht described in 1996 as follows; 'This roughly wedge-shaped platform abuts the end-wall of St Michael's Church [KE104A001042-] at SW and is defined by a portion of the main terraces' revetment wall at SE. It measures c. 5m NE-SW x 3.4m at its wider SW end, and stands 0.6m high above the flagged pathway between it and the oratory [KE104A001040-] at N. A large, inscribed, stone cross [KE104A001060-] stands towards its centre, while a cross-inscribed slab [KE104A001061-] is located at its W end' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 285, no. 948 (13)).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 9 March 2022
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Terraceunder 1 mi
- Cisternunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.