What is recorded here
On top of a small terrace (KE104A001110-). The remains of a drystone-walled platform (L 2.4m; Wth 1.7m; H c. 1.2m), set against bedrock at the external base of the SE revetment wall of the main terrace (KE104A001105-), were revealed during restoration works (pers. comm. E. Bourke).
See attached aerial photograph showing the location of the platform, taken from Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Property Management Plan 2020–30 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 01/01/2007.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 7 March 2022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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