Ogham stone

The National Monuments Service's description

This stone lay partly buried on Darrynane strand prior to being erected in its present position (see KE106-113----) by the OPW in the 1940s. Of sandstone grit, it now stands 2.1m high and measures .5m x .36m at base. The severely eroded inscription runs up the sinister and down the dexter angles and was read by Macalister (1945, 214-5, no. 220) as: ANM LLATIGNI MAQ M[I]N[E]RC M[UCOI] Q[...]CI. Only three scores of Macalister's double L are apparent, and the first I and G are poorly preserved. The following N and I are not visible, while only the Q in the following word is apparent. The I, N and E of the third word are not visible and only the terminals of the scores representing R survive. None of the inscription recorded by Macalister on the stone's dexter angle is now apparent. (O’Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 913)

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=220

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 27 February 2017

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1931).

References

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

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