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Ogham stone (present location)

Adare, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone (present location), Adare, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Adare
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.56217, -8.77923
SMR number
LI021-034005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Six ogham stones, reused as roof lintels, were found in a souterrain (KE057-023001-) in a rath (KE057-023----) in the townland of Rockfield Middle, Co. Kerry (Barry 1891, 516). Macalister (1945, 239) noted that four of the stones were taken from the souterrain and used in the building of a cottage in the village of Laharan. Subsequently three of the four stones were removed to Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare (ibid.) where they still are. The fourth was left behind, and 'is now lost to sight'. (ibid., 240).
No. 4 (KE057-023005-): This stone was described by Macalister (ibid., 241) as measuring '3ft 6in [1.07m] x 11in [0.27m] x 1ft 2in [0.37m]' and inscribed on two angles. He read the inscription as 'CORBAGNI MAQI BIVITI'.

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 19 September 2016

References

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

Barry, E. 1890-91 On fifteen ogham inscriptions recently discovered at Ballyknock, in the Barony of Kinatalloon, County of Cork. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 514-35.

Brash, R.R. 1879 The ogam inscribed monuments of the gaedhil in the British Islands. London. George Bell and Sons.

Dunraven, the Countess of 1865 Memorials of Adare manor. With historical notices of Adare, by the earl of Dunraven E.R.W. WyndhamQuin.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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