Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Corkan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corkan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53993, -7.54985
- SMR number
- WM017-057001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a small natural rise, in gently undulating pasture. Described in 1977 as a large stone which lies on the centre of the floor of a souterrain (WM017-057----). The letter ‘U’ and possibly ‘I’ is picked out of the upper surface. A second field report of 1977 describes this stone as having a number of grooves which appear to have been enlarged by pocking. This inscribed stone could be a possible ogham stone. A second possible ogham stone (WM017-054002-) liew on entrance avenue to Oldtown house c. 425m to W.
See attached cross-sections of souterrain showing location of inscribed stone surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 12 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.