What is recorded here

One arm is missing, the other notched, yet the cross still stands on the graveyard wall at Sceilg Mhichíl. Its rough stone carries a vertical fault line flecked with quartz, as if the island itself had cracked open to let light into the marker. Whatever hands cut it, they worked quickly and left it exposed to the sky.

Lying on the wall to the S of the Monks' Graveyard (KE104A001046-) on Sceilg Mhichíl. This rough stone cross (L 0.85m; Wth 0.42m; T 0.06m) has one arm broken off and a rudimentary notch under the other arm. A fault line, with some quartz inclusions, runs vertically through the stone. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

The high cross at Sceilg Mhichíl was likely built by early Christian monks, probably between the 7th and 9th centuries. It is a rough stone cross, characteristic of early Irish high crosses, and reflects the monastic significance of the site as an important center of Celtic Christianity.

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