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, -10.53889
- SMR number
- KE104A001101-
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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 tall, thick slab stands outside the lintelled entrance to the main terrace [KE104A001105-] and features a tall, Latin, linear cross on its SW face. The base of its shaft is enclosed within a rough ovoid. H 1m x Wth 0.28m x T 0.16m' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 290, no. 948 (84)).
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: 11 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.