Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Underhill, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Underhill
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.71522, -9.11166
- SMR number
- CO107-059----
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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
An inscribed lintel of sandstone (L 1.75m; 0.7m x 0.11m) found with two other ogham stones (CO107-060--- and CO107-058---) within a souterrain (CO107-038---). The inscription, which is in fine knife-cuts, reads: MOUNIN (O'Kelly and Shee 1968, 43; McManus 1997, 72-3, no. x). Now in National Museum of Ireland (DU018-164----). (Power et al. 1992, no. 1043)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 20 April 2016
References
McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.
O'Kelly, M.J. and Shee, E. 1968 Three souterrains in Co. Cork. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 73, 40-47.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.