What is recorded here

Killarney depot holds a broken heart of stone, pulled from the gable of St Michael's Church at Sceilg Mhichíl. The rough finish suggests hasty carving or brutal age, while the missing projection hints that even divine markers suffer erosion. It is no longer a roofline but a relic, waiting for someone to remember the shape it once completed.

A roughly dressed heart-shaped stone finial (H 0.27m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.14m) with a rounded bottom. The upper portion of one of the projections is missing. This finial was formerly on the ecclesiastical site of Sceilg Mhichíl, where it probably surmounted a gable of St Michael's Church (KE104A001042-), and it is now in the care of the OPW (National Monuments Depot, Killarney). 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

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