What is recorded here

Inishvickillane, the southernmost of the Blasket islands, holds an Early Christian monastic settlement where a cross-inscribed stone marked sacred ground. The island sits seven miles southwest of Slea Head, reachable only by sea from Dunquin pier, making every visit a deliberate act of faith or necessity. The plain cross cut into stone suggests people lived there, prayed there, and buried their dead beneath the E slopes of a rocky buff that still rises above the remainder of the island.

Inishvickillane, the southernmost of the Blasket islands, lies 7 miles SW of Slea Head and 9 miles from the nearest embarkation point at Dunquin pier. The island has an area of 199 acres and the Early Christian monastic settlement KE061-006---- lies at the SE end of the island, on the E slopes of a rocky buff which rises prominently above the remainder of the island. A 2nd stone inscribed with a 'plain cross of 2 lines' lay within the graveyard (Macalister 1902, 46). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 845. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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