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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77208, -10.53870
- SMR number
- KE104A001061-
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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
Cross-slab described in 1996 as follows; 'Standing at the SW end of leacht [KE104A001047-], the E face of this round-headed slab ) features an encircled linear cross, the lower shaft of which extends beyond the circle where it is cut by two horizontal groves. The upper groove is disposed just beneath the circle and extends to both edges of the slab. H: 0.79m. W: 0.29m. T: 0.04m' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 288-9, no. 948 (37)). There are no visible remains of this slab.
See attached drawing of cross-slab taken from The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996) Fig. 181.
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), no. 948. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.