Ogham stone

The National Monuments Service's description

A total of seven ogham stones were incorporated into a souterrain (KE065-078----), marked ‘Cave’ on the OS maps, discovered in 1838 by workmen building a field boundary across a slight rise in Dunloe Castle demesne... It was roofed by nine slabs, six of which bore ogham inscriptions. One of the larger ogham stones had cracked in antiquity and was supported by a seventh, which stood upright in the souterrain passage. A number of bones and skulls, some of which were reputedly human, were found in the souterrain. In 1940 the ogham stones were removed from the site by the OPW, and were erected close to a public roadway nearby. The souterrain was subsequently filled back and no surface trace remains.
(2) This stone (present location KE065-041002-) measures 2.65m high, up to .46m in width and .2m in thickness. It had fractured towards the centre when in situ and was supported by an upright stone beneath (A) (see KE065-078001-). The inscription is well-preserved and is carved along both edges. It reads: MAQI-RITEAS MAQI MAQI-DDUMILEAS MUCOI TOICACI. A pocked rectangular space on the left side of the sinister angle was interpreted by Macalister as indicating the removal of an erroneous character (1945, 193, no. 198). (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 863)

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=198

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 12 February 2017

References

O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.

McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.