Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Barrees, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrees
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.71128, -9.92723
- SMR number
- CO102-037----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A slab (L 1.25m; 0.48m x 0.15m) lying by a stone field boundary. Surviving scores of an ogham inscription are visible along one side of the slab and across top. The scores are eroded along the other face. The inscription reads DIMAI MAQ CCAQTTAUCC. (Power et al. 1992, no. 3581)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 18 April 2016
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.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Charcoal-making siteunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.