Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77205, -10.53876
- SMR number
- KE104A001162-
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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
Possible church beneath St. Michael's Church on Sceilg Mhichíl described in 1996 as follows; 'The base of the NE end-wall of St Michael's Church [KE104A001042-], which features a plinth, incorporates a small section of an earlier structure. This may also have been a church. Berger obtained a radiocarbon date of 1250±25 BP (UCLA 2738D), which calibrates to the mid-ninth century, from a mortar sample from this structure (Harbison 1991, 89, 150)' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 283, no. 948 (2)).
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
Harbison, P. 1991a Pilgrimage in Ireland, the monuments and the people. London. Barrie and Jenkins.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cisternunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.