Provenance
Discovery: Located at the SSW side of a large, possibly early ecclesiastical, enclosure (CO060-040001-). Two further possible ogham stones (CO060-187----, CO060-188----) are also associated with the enclosure (Power et al. 1997, no. 7996).
Findspot: Knockrour/Oughtihery (An Cnoc Ramhar), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 541866, 580109)
Last recorded location(s): In situ.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO060-185----
Object type: Pillar
Material: Stone type unknown
Dimensions: H 1.88 × W 0.36 × D 0.36 m
Condition: One of two similar-sized upright stones positioned in a line along a SE-NW axis. The stone at the NW end ”has suffered severely from weather and cattle wear ‘to such an extent that ”this once fine inscription is…now beyond hope’ (Macalister 1945, 112). There is now no clear evidence for an inscription on this stone.
Inscription
Text field: Macalister (1945, 112) determined that the stone had ‘certainly been inscribed, on the two angles of the southern face’. Macalister noted ‘the five bold notches observed by Brash’ (1879, 132) on the sinister angle and that ‘MAQI is very clearly adumbrated on the dexter angle’. Hartnett (1939, 78) also examined the stone but ‘failed to find what could be called ogham scores’.
Letters:
Edition
Transcription: [---]I MAQI [---]C[---]
References
- Brash 1879, 132
- Macalister 1945, 111-112
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7996
- Hartnett 1939, 78