Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Barleyfield, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barleyfield
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO123-081----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is the original location record of a cross-slab, which also bears an ogham inscription. The only information regarding its provenance is that it was discovered in the 1940s in the townland of Barleyfield near Kilbrittain (Lankford 1993, 12-13). It consists of a flat-topped block of sandstone (0.56m x 0.28m x 0.2m) with a large Latin cross with expanded terminals on one face. The deeply cut ogham inscription along one edge has been read as TE-CORMAQ (ibid.). Damage to the lower portion of the stone indicates that it may have been part of a larger pillar stone (ibid.). This stone is in the Cork Public Museum (see CO074-166----). (Ronan et al. 2009, no. 16919)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 7 September 2016
References
Lankford, C. 1993 Five unpublished ogham stones from Co. Cork. Privately published pamphlet.
Ronan, S., Byrne, E. & Egan, U. 2009 Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Vol. V: Addendum. Dublin. Stationery Office.