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
- CO085-067006-
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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 (CO085-06702-) with five other ogham stones (CO085-067003-; CO085-067004-; CO085-067005-; CO085-067007-; CO085-067008-), now in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland (DU018-372----). The inscription is cut on one angle of the stone (1.3m; 0.6m x 0.2m), read by Macalister (1945, 97, no. 100) as AB ULCCAGNI. Macalister (1945, 97, no. 100) thought the prefix AB an abbreviation of Abbot. According to McManus (1991, 61) the AB 'is best ignored.' (Power et al. 1997, no. 7951)
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: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=100
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 10 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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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.