Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Keenrath, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keenrath
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.75952, -9.17747
- SMR number
- CO093-063----
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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
Found in level pasture on a field boundary. A rectangular upright stone (H 2.2m; 0.46 x 0.37m); the ogham inscription on the SE corner was read by Macalister (1945, 78-9, no. 75): [A]NM CASONI [MAQ]I RODAGNI. The inscription is now faint and lichen covered and no more than a few scores are discernible. (Power et al. 1992, no. 1039)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 29 September 2017
References
Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1992 (Reprint 2003) Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 1: West Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.