Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Whitefield, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitefield
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE057-107003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Four ogham stones [KE057-107----, KE057-107002-, KE057-107003- KE057-107004-] were displayed by the Macgillycuddy of the Reeks at the Dublin Exhibtion in 1853. At least two of these (KE057-107002- and KE057-107----) were discovered in a souterrain in this townland (Macalister 1945, 208). The souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is locally reputed to have been located on the NW side of Baunclune House, but no surface trace of it remains. Three of these ogham stones are in the National Museum of Ireland (Reg. No. W10-12; DU018-362----; DU018-363----; DU018-364----). The fourth stone (NMI Reg. no. W9) is in Kerry County Museum, Tralee (KCM LI992:31; KE029-320----). For this stone see DU018-363----. This pillar, now broken on top, measures at least 1.16m in height and is .2m x .2m at base. The inscription is neatly executed on two angles, reading up-up. Macalister (1945, 211, no. 217) read it as: NOCATI MAQI MAQI-REC [. . .] MAQI MUCOI UDDAMI. There is a rough cut cross on each face of the stone. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 908)
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=217
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 7 February 2017
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.
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.