What is recorded here

You can trace the southern edge of the monks graveyard because two burning platforms join beneath a single mound. The leacht in Sceilg Mhichil is the southern half of that conjoined monument, while the northern half continues the line into the hill. A graveyard is memory made visible, but a leacht is memory made hot. Both claims can be true because the platform predates the burial and the burial predates the platform. Fire and death are not rivals there. They are collaborators, doing the same work in different languages.

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 19th-century and later drystone revetment (Bourke 2003, 170). This work revealed that the Monks' Graveyard consisted of two conjoined leachta. This is the southernmost leacht. 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 the early Christian monastic settlement on the Skellig Islands. The site, known as the 'Monks' Graveyard,' reflects a long-standing tradition of monastic burial and pilgrimage in the region.

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