2006:905 - SKELLIG MICHAEL (South Peak), Kerry

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Kerry Site name: SKELLIG MICHAEL (South Peak)

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: KE104A001

Author: Alan Hayden, Archaelogical Projects Ltd.

Site type: Ecclesiastical site

Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)

ITM: E 424676m, N 560649m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 51.770662, -10.540524

Work on the South Peak this year was undertaken intermittently between May and September and comprised the completion of the excavation and conservation of the oratory terrace, excavation of natural ledges below the oratory terrace, excavation and conservation of the traverse, excavation of a steep gully beneath the traverse and the opening of an initial test-trench on the outer terrace. Funding was provided by the OPW.

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