Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural feature
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
- 51.77211, -10.53873
- SMR number
- KE104A001156-
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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
The cuboid-shaped stone stoup (L 0.2m; Wth 0.15m; T 0.12m) was in the larger oratory (KE104A001039-) on Sceilg Mhichíl (Foley 1903, 18) but is now in the care of the OPW (National Monuments Depot, Killarney). It has a circular bowl-shaped hollow (diam. 11.5cm; D 6cm) on its upper surface and on one of its sides is carved a stylized angel surmounted by an equal-armed cross. Lavelle (1976, 16) notes that this stoup is considered to be late 17th/early 18th century in date and that its presence on Sceilg Mhichíl 'is not clearly understood'.
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
References
Lavelle, D. 1976 Skellig, island outpost of Europe. The O'Brien Press. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.