Ogham stone (present location)

The National Monuments Service's description

This is the present location of the stone from Glenaphuca, Co. Cork (CO066-009----; NMI 2003:56) and forms part of the ogham stone collection of the National Museum of Ireland. This stone formerly acted as jamb of a cart-house door in a farmyard. The stone is a rough pink sandstone slab (H 5ft 8in; 2ft x 51/2in). When inspected by Macalister it was described as covered in whitewash; most of this has been removed. Part of inscription was buried when read by Macalister (1945, 82, no. 79) and Barry (1897, 43); its top is broken off. The inscription reads as follows: ELUNA MUC……RAN; the extra three letters run along the top. The first three strokes of the R are damaged but the A is clear and the first three strokes of the N are faint but legible. No other letters are discernible (pers. comm. Fionnbarr Moore, 17 April 2015). Macalister and O'Kelly (1944,9) imply that the ogham stone is from a souterrain (CO066-01002-) in Rathcanning fort (CO066-01001-) c. 450m to N. Barry, however, stated that slab had been in position at time of his visit for 80 years and had been taken from a souterrain 'in the next field' (CO066-00054---). (Power et al. 1994, 62, no. 4235)

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 17 April 2015

References

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