Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77214, -10.53866
- SMR number
- KE104A001076-
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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 described in 1996 as follows; 'This stone cross, featuring short arms and hollowed angles, stands on the Monks' Graveyard [KE104A001046-]. H: 0.68m. W: 0.4m. T: 0.04m' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 289, no. 948 (57)). There are now no visible remains of this cross.
See attached drawing of cross taken from The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996) Fig. 180.
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: 10 March 2022
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.