Ireland I-COR-026 CIIC 77

An Bhuirgéiseach | Burgatia (I-COR-026)

Inscription

Q

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Stone ID
I-COR-026
CIIC Ref.
77
Country
Ireland
This record is drawn from the OG(H)AM corpus — the authoritative scholarly database of Ogham inscriptions, compiled by a team of epigraphers, archaeologists, and linguists. Transcription conventions and dating follow established epigraphic standards.

Provenance

Discovery: A rectangular block of stone discovered around 1840 by Windele (there is a sketch in his notebook R.I.A., 12 K 30, p. 151) partly concealed by the long grass (presumably lying flat) in the NW corner of a graveyard (CO143-029001-) in which are the remains of Templefachtna (‘Teampuleen Fachtna’ by Brash (1879, 1537) and Macalister (1945, 81) ‘Fachtna’s church’ (CO143-029002-).

Findspot: Burgatia (An Bhuirgéiseach), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 530105, 536690)

Last recorded location(s): This stone could not be located in the graveyard and no local information about its whereabouts was gained (Ronan et al. 2009, no. 16164).

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO143-100----

Object type: Pillar

Material: Stone type unknown

Dimensions: H 1.06 × W 0.47 × D 0.22 m

Condition: Now lost

Inscription

Text field: A single letter ogham inscription ‘about the middle of one of the long angles’ of the stone (Macalister 1945, 81).

Edition

Ogham text: ᚊ̣

Transcription: Q̣

Critical apparatus:

  1. This ogham letter can be interpreted as either Q or N depending on the position from which the stone is viewed.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor.

References

  • Brash 1879, 1537
  • Macalister 1945, 81, no. 77
  • Ronan, Egan, and Byrne 2009, no. 16164
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