Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cistern
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Michaels Wells
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Michaels Well
- Coordinates
- 51.77205, -10.53881
- SMR number
- KE104A001058-
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
Cistern described in 1996 as follows; 'This slab-lined recess, named St Michael's Well on the OSi 6-inch maps, is built into the foundation of the stepped platform on which clochaun B [KE104A001033-] stands. It faces onto the terrace through an ope, 0.73m wide and 0.26m high' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 286, no. 948 (17)).
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.