Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Colbinstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colbinstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ogham stone
- Coordinates
- 53.02855, -6.76095
- SMR number
- KD032-044001-
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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
This is one of seven ogham stones (KD032-044001- to KD032-044007-) found at 'Killeen Cormac' burial ground (KD032-044----). This stone is often referred to as the 'bilingual Stone' as it has inscriptions in both ogham and Latin. However, it is not bilingual in the true sense: the Latin is not a direct translation of the ogham, or vice versa; unlike in Wales where stones with direct bilingual translations of ogham are recorded (pers. comm. Fionnbarr Moore). This stone, now on display in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-359----), is 1.57m x 0.28m x 0.28m (converted from Macalister 1945, 22) and the inscription reads (ogham) OVANOS AVI IVACATTOS and (Latin) IVVEn/rE DRVVIDES. (Macalister 1945, 22, no. 19; McManus 1997, 61)
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=19
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 14 September 2016
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.
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