Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
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
- 51.77236, -10.53877
- SMR number
- KE104A001092-
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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
It was located close to the oratory (KE104A001040-) on the upper terrace (KE104A001105-). The shaft of this small stone cross (L 0.33m x Wth 0.27m x T 0.04m) is broken off just below its well-defined short arms (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 289, no. 948 (73)). This cross has been allocated the SMR number KE066-217---- at its present location in the OPW, National Monuments Depot, Killarney.
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.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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.