What is recorded here

Four centuries of Atlantic wind have sanded the cross until its arms barely clear the stone, yet it still lies flat at the south edge of the Monks' Graveyard on Sceilg Mhichíl. The island refused to bury that marker, so the sea tilted it into the grass where anyone walking the graveyard would stumble across it and be forced to remember the dead.

Lying flat on the S end of the Monks' Graveyard (KE104A001046-) on Sceilg Mhichíl. An irregularly-shaped stone (L 0.43m; Wth 0.19m; T 0.21m), which narrows towards its base, has an equal-armed cross pocked on the wider end. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

A high cross, likely built in the 8th to 9th century by early Christian monks, featuring an equal-armed cross; located on the sacred island of Sceilg Mhichíl, it reflects the island's significance as an early medieval monastic site.

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