Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clochan
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77203, -10.53848
- SMR number
- KE104A001066-
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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
In the NE sector of the terrace (KE104A001102-) on Sceilg Mhichíl. The remains of a clochán, defined by an arc (C c. 7.5m) of a drystone wall (T c. 1m; H c. 1.2m) SW-NNE, were uncovered during conservation and repair work. There is evidence of an entrance at the end of the wall at SW. A structure (KE104A001029-) lies 3m to the S (pers. comm. E. Bourke).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.