What is recorded here

Leacht is a 7.45m rectangular stone chamber on Inishvickillane, the southernmost Blasket island, holding a small lintelled room and upright cross within an Early Christian monastic settlement. It stands on the eastern slopes of a rocky buff at the island's SE end, far from Dunquin pier and exposed to Atlantic weather. The neat drystone masonry suggests careful burial or memorial use, while the isolated location reminds us that devotion and danger shared the same small horizon.

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. (3) (KE061-006004-) The leacht consists of a rectangular mound of stone faced on all sides with neatly-built drystone masonry. It measures 7.45m N-S x 2.35m E-W x 1.03m in height. A small rectangular lintelled chamber, 1m long, .43m wide and .43m high, extends into the leacht at ground level on the W side. A thin slab, .8m high x .63m wide, stands upright on the S end of the leacht and a stone cross, 1.06m high and .42m wide, stands loosely upright at its N end. 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

Leacht in Inis Mhic Aoibhleáin is associated with Saint Aibhleáin, a lesser-known early Irish saint, and is traditionally linked to healing rituals and pilgrimages. The site reflects the island's historical role in early Christian monastic activity and local devotional practices.

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