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Cross in Sceilg Mhichíl

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The cross still lies beside the monk's graveyard, its rough stone worn smooth by centuries of rain and memory. One arm is damaged, as if time itself broke it rather than any human hand. The island kept this marker not for pride but for direction, a quiet pointer toward the dead and the distance beyond them. Even ruined, it still crosses the world, drawing the eye from flesh to something larger.
Lying on the wall to the S of the Monks' Graveyard (KE104A001046-) on Sceilg Mhichíl. This rough stone cross (L 0.96m; Wth 0.56m; T 0.09m) has a rounded slightly expanded head. One of its arms is damaged. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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