Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ballyknock North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyknock North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ogham Stones (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.03454, -8.08268
- SMR number
- CO055-007005-
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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
Recorded as a slate stone (H 2ft 8in; 1ft 8in x 6in), broken from the upper end of larger stone. One of 15 ogham stones (CO055-007002-; CO055-007006- - CO055-007018-) found covering a souterrain (CO055-007003-). The stone is currently on permanent display in the Stone Corridor, University College Cork (for details see CO074-159----). The inscription was chiselled on the dexter edge and top of the stone. Macalister's final reading (1945, 86, no. 83) is LAMADILICCI MAC MAIC BROCC and McManus (2004, 18, no. 14.) read L[A]MaDULICCi MAC[]CBROC. (Power et al. 1994, no. 4215)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 3 February 2016
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
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.
McManus, D. 2004 The ogam stones at University College Cork. Cork University Press.
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