Sceilg Mhichíl
County Kerry
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Identifier |
757 |
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states |
internet explorer |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(iii)(iv) |
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Title |
sceilg mhichíl |
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latitude |
51.7719383240 |
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longitude |
-10.5386104584 |
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location |
county kerry |
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Region |
europe and north america |
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year |
1996 |
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unique number |
892 |
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description |
sceilg mhichíl is an outstanding, and in many respects unique, example of an early religious settlement deliberately sited on a pyramidal rock in the ocean, preserved because of a remarkable environment. it illustrates, as no other property can, the extremes of a christian monasticism characterizing much of north africa, the near east, and europe. |
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justification |
the committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv) considering that the site is of outstanding universal value being an exceptional, and in many respects unique example of an early religious settlement deliberately sited on a pyramidal rock in the ocean, preserved because of a remarkable environment. it illustrates, as no other site can, the extremes of a christian monasticism characterizing much of north africa, the near east and europe. |
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