Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Derk, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derk
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KE017-022----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Macalister (1945, 134) records this stone as follows: 'A slaty stone, 3 feet 8 inches x 1 foot 6 inches x 0 foot 6 inches. Maximum breadth at the top, and tapering downward to a point. Letters pocked and in good condition (up-top-down) Maqi-Aira(l?) maq Maq-Trenn(i?). . . . . On account of its orthographical eccentricities, and the unlikeness of the stone to anything which an Ogham carver would naturally choose, I am quite sceptical as to the authenticity of this inscription. It is now in the National Museum of Ireland.' (DU018-394----)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 16 April 2013
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.