Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Cill Maoilchéadair, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Maoilchéadair
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18474, -10.33672
- SMR number
- KE042-026001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
National Monument No. 65. The Early Christian and Medieval ecclesiastical complex at Kilmalkedar (KE042-026----) lies at the foot of the W slopes of Reenconnell hill, overlooking Smerwick Harbour. The Reenconnell ridge peaks at 907 feet/276m to NE of the site and the area around Kilmalkedar is sheltered on its N and S sides by spurs of this hill.
(1) (KE042-026001-) Ogham Stone: Located on the N side of the pathway leading through the graveyard to the church, this stone measures 1.83m in height and .24m in width at base. An hourglass-shaped perforation near the top of the stone measures .12m in depth and .07m in maximum diameter. The inscription reads: ANM M(AI)LE INBIR MACI BROCANN. The AI of MAILE is now represented by only 4 notches but there is sufficient space to accommodate the other two implied by the reading AI (Macalister 1945, 180-1). A second, possibly earlier, inscription on the S side of the stone can be read either as ANM or M(A)Q(I). (Cuppage 1986, no. 855)
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: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=187
Updated by: Paul Walsh
Revised date of upload: 2 January 2015
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.
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Sundialunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - Tau crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.