Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Bunkilla, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunkilla
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97811, -8.69924
- SMR number
- CO061-074----
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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
This long, narrow stone (2.2m; 0.3m x 0.15m) was discovered in 1982 during drainage works. Lankford (1993, 6-7) read the inscription as ANM MAQQI-LASIR K[O]I MA(Q)QI BIR(R)AC(I)AS or ANM MAQQI-LASIRE(O)N MAQQI BIR(R)ACIAS. However, some of the letters read by him may be from an earlier inscription on the stone. ANM MAQQI-LASIRE MAQQI BIRRAC 'name/inscription of Mac-Laisre son of Berrach' is another possible interpretation. This stone is now in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-418----). (Power 1997, no. 7955)
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: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=Bunkilla
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 1 July 2016
References
Lankford, C. 1993 Five unpublished ogham stones from Co. Cork. Privately published pamphlet.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.