Ogham stone (present location)

The National Monuments Service's description

This stone is from Monataggart, Co. Cork (see CO061-022002-). This large stone (2.5m; 0.4m x 0.3m) was discovered in 1872 during ploughing of a field, later set up as a gate post (Brash 1879, 160-1); according to the farmer, it formed the lintel in a possible long cist grave. Macalister (1945, 116-8, no. 118) gave the inscription as VEQREQ MUCOI GLUNLEGGET, but considered that it had 'passed through a series of vicissitudes, all of which have left scars upon its surface' (ibid., 116). (Power 1997, 169, no. 7978)

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:
https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=118

Updated by: Paul Walsh

Revised date of upload: 31 December 2014

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.