What is recorded here

No visible monument remains at this place. The story is that monks were buried here, and the ground still carries that claim. What is certain is only the name, the region, and the chance that this is one of the lost places O'Sullivan and Sheehan listed.

For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 278-90, no. 948 (11)). In 2001 limited archaeological excavation of the leacht, which is traditionally known as the 'Monks' Graveyard', involved the removal of a 19th-century and later drystone revetment (Bourke 2003, 170). This work revealed that the Monks' Graveyard consisted of two conjoined leachta. This, the northernmost leacht, was revetted with stones set on edge (ibid.). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Leacht in Sceilg Mhichíl is traditionally associated with Saint Michael and is linked to early monastic activity on the island of Sceilg Mhichíl, a significant early Christian site off the coast of County Kerry. The leacht, or stone altar, is part of a broader sacred landscape connected to monastic rituals and pilgrimage traditions.

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