What is recorded here

Inishvickillane, the southernmost of the Blasket islands, holds an Early Christian monastic settlement where large boulders and drystone walls carve the eastern slopes into three distinct enclosures. The southernmost chamber remains empty of features, perhaps waiting for a person to imagine what lived there before the stone forgot. Seven miles southwest of Slea Head, the island drifts beyond easy reach, inviting wonder rather than certainty about the hands that shaped its quiet compartments.

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 nearest island to it is Inishnabro, a quarter of a mile to the N, and the SW tip of the Great Blasket lies 2 miles to the NE. 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. The E half of the site is sub-divided into 3 distinct, irregularly-shaped areas or enclosures which are defined by a combination of large boulders, drystone walls and terracing. The southernmost (KE061-006017-) of these is devoid of features. 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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