Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Greenhill, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenhill
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ogham Stone (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.07770, -8.60690
- SMR number
- CO042-049002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, with extensive view to S; upright stone (H 2.5m; 0.6m x 0.3m) with inscription cut along SE edge starting 0.45m from ground to near full height of stone; inscription weathered and defaced by cattle rubbing andhone scores. Macalister (1945, 62, no. 57) gave inscription as TRENU MAQIMUCOI QRITTI; due to defacing of lower scores, first word given as TTGENU by Brash (1879, 138); MacNeill (1909, 361) gave first word as TRENO, areading McManus (1991, 179) considered 'possible'. In Sept. 1985 cattlegrid laid around stone by OPW; short excavation of circular strip 1m widewith its inner edge 1m from centre of stone revealed nothing except N-S cultivation furrows and ploughmarks (pers. comm. C. Manning). Second oghamstone (7964) lies c. 40m to N in next field. Burnfort ogham stone (7965) found c. 900m to SE. (Power et al. 1997, no. 7965)
This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=57
Updated by: Paul Walsh
Revised date of upload: 31 December 2014
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.
Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1997 Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 3: Mid Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.