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
- 51.77190, -10.53910
- SMR number
- KE104A001098-
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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
De Paor (1955, Fig. 2) noted a cross-slab (No. 30 on Fig. 2) standing a short distance SW of the cistern which De Paor thought was a souterrain (KE104A001055-). This possible cross-slab was not located in 1978, the year conservation works commenced on the island by OPW, nor has it subsequently been found (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 290, no. 948 (81)).
See attached Fig. 2 showing location of Slab No. 30, taken from De Paor 1955
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
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
De Paor, L. 1955 A survey of Sceilg Mhichíl. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 85, 174-87.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.