Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Burnfort, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burnfort
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.07207, -8.59771
- SMR number
- CO042-052003-
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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
Discovered by Cork antiquarians in a souterrain (CO042-052002-) of a ringfort (CO042-052001-) and deposited in the museum of the Royal Cork Institution in 1835. It subsequently disappeared, probably when the Institution building was replaced by the Athenaeum in 1853 (White 1905-18, vol. 1, 322). A drawing of the stone (1.68m x 0.48m x 0.2m, converted from Macalister 1945) by John Windele shows a clear inscription which Macalister (1945, 61, no. 56) gave as SAGITTARI. The interpretation of this inscription was the subject of much debate in the 19th century (ibid.). The Greenhill ogham stones are c. 900m to NW (CO042-049001-, CO042-049002-). (Power et al. 1997, no. 7956)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 17 January 2016
References
Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1997 Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 3: Mid Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.