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Ogham stone

Ballyknock North, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone, Ballyknock North, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyknock North
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Ogham Stones (1936)
Coordinates
52.03454, -8.08268
SMR number
CO055-007002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Discovered in the NW quadrant of a ringfort (CO055-007001-). According to Barry (1890, 518) the stone was 'found loose in the cave' (souterrain CO055-007003-) where fourteen other ogham stones were found (CO055-007005-; CO055-007006-; CO055-007007-;CO055-007008-; CO055-007009-; CO055-007010-; CO055-007011-; CO055-007012-;CO055-007013-; CO055-007014-; CO055-007015-; CO055-007016-; CO055-007017-; CO055-007018-). Sandstone (H 1.03; 0.28m x 0.16m); read by Macalister (1945, 85, No. 82) as MAILAGURO MAQ[I...]VILEB[... and O'Kelly (1945, 152) as MAILAGURO MAQ[I...]LIL... . This stone was retained by the farmer when 13 others were removed to UCC (12) and Lismore Castle (CO055-007013-) in the early 20th century (Power 1932, 11). However, according to Macalister (1945, 85, No. 82), who returned to examine the stone before 1945, the farm was deserted and there was no trace of the stone. (Power et al. 1994, no. 4215)

Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 3 February 2016

References

Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1994 Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 2: East and South Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.

O'Kelly, M.J. 1945b Review of Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, vol. 1, by R.A.S. Macalister. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 50, 152-3.

Power, P. 1932c Ogham stones. University College Cork. Cork University Press.

McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Barry, E. 1890 On fifteen ogham inscriptions recently discovered at Ballyknock, county of Cork. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 20, 514-35.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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