Ireland I-KER-062 CIIC 194

An Ráth Dubh | Rathduff 1 (I-KER-062)

Inscription

S[I][A]N[I] MAQ AL[O]

Ogham reads along the stemline — usually bottom to top on standing stones. How to read Ogham →

Stone ID
I-KER-062
CIIC Ref.
194
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: Macalister (1945) first mention?

Findspot: Rathduff (An Ráth Dubh https://www.logainm.ie/en/22452), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates (approximate): 461275, 603792)

Last recorded location(s): in situ (upright against the W end of a modern tomb near the E side of the graveyard)

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE045-025003-

Object type: Cross-carved pillar

Material: Sandstone

Dimensions:

Inscription

Text field: Inscription up on the dexter angle and contiuing on the top. Cuppage et al/1986, 336: `The present W face of the stone is inscribed with a cross-in-circle, the stem of the cross continuing below the circle to form the shaft of another cross. Directly above the circle is a 3rd plain cross, the head of which appears to have been extended to the top edge of the stone by the addition of a groove separated from the cross by only a slight ridge. It is also possible that this latter groove is earlier than the cross’.

Letters: Appears to be pocked in the same manner as the crosses.

Edition

Transcription: S[I]Ḍ[A]N[I] MAQỊ ḌAL[O]

References

  • Macalister 1945, …
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Visiting the An Ráth Dubh | Rathduff 1 (I-KER-062) Ogham Stone

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