Provenance
Discovery: Found, along with Aglish 1 (I-KER-008, now in National Museum of Ireland), by Richard Hitchcock in the graveyard (KE054-032002-) in this townland (Macalister 1945, 137). Aglish is a probable early church site with a bullaun also discovered in the graveyard. No trace of a church survives (Cuppage et al 1986, 258).
Findspot: Aglish (An Eaglais), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates (approximate): 453663, 600395)
Last recorded location(s): In situ in the graveyard, standing beside one of the tombs, where it was examined and recorded for the Ogham in 3D project in 2013 in collaboration with the Discovery Programme.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE054-032004-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions: H 0.91 × W 0.28 × D 0.23 m
Inscription
Text field: The remains of an inscription runs up one angle but Macalister (1945, 138-139) suggested that the dexter angle had been intentionally defaced with nothing left but the ‘distal ends of an N’, which are no longer discernible.
Letters: The strokes, according to Macalister (1945, 138), are cut (not pocked).
Edition
Transcription: [---]CELI AVI VUḌ[---]
Critical apparatus:
- Macalister (1945, 138-139) read this inscription as: …] CELI AVI VU[… , followed by a single stroke on the H-side, the first of a letter that might be D, T, C, or Q. His inital CE cannot be seen and none of the vowels are clear, although the space would allow for Macalister’s suggestions.
Commentary
All that survives of this inscription are the possible remains of two formula words (CELI, OIr. céile ‘companion, follower’ and AVI OIr. úa ‘grandson, descendant’), followed by the beginning of a personal name (VUD?..). This unusual comination of formula words is also found in an ogham inscription on a stone from Dromlohan, Co. Waterford (I-WAT-014).
References
- Cuppage 1986, 258
- Hitchcock 1848, 271
- Macalister 1945, 137-139