Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ballyhank, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhank
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83146, -8.60980
- SMR number
- CO085-067004-
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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 in 1846 built into a souterrain (CO085-067002-) with five other ogham stones (CO085-067003-, CO085-067005-; CO085-067006-; CO085-067007-; CO085-067008-). This stone is now on display in the museum in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry (see KE042-180----). The inscription is on three angles of the stone (0.9m; 0.4m x 0.2m), given by Macalister (1945, 94-6, no. 98) as CORBAGNI K[OI] M[A]Q[I] MOCCOI COROTANI, and by McManus (1991, 66) as CORBAGNI K.. ...COI cOROtANI. (Power et al. 1997, no. 7949)
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=98
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 7 April 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. 1997 Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 3: Mid Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.
McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.
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