Provenance
Discovery: Discovered by 1879, located on the ESE side of the cairn. One of three ogham stones (I-COR-085, I-COR-084) flanking a low cairn which marks a penitential station (CO058-039002-). According to tradition there were once four ogham stones here.
Findspot: Shanacloon (An tSeanchluain), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates (approximate): 520703, 576557)
Last recorded location(s): In situ.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO058-039001-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Stone type unknown
Dimensions: H 1.09 × W 0.20 × D 0.18 m
Condition: An upright stone with packing stones at the base. The inscription is ‘much worn and chipped’ (Macalister 1945, 129). Macalister (1945, 130) described, ‘the sinister angle is chipped away, leaving nothing but the vowels’ and ‘no trace of lettering survives on the B-surface of the second angle’.
Inscription
Text field: Two angles of the stone are inscribed. The inscription runs up one edge and down another.
Letters: The inscription appears to have been chiselled.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚂᚔᚈᚒᚁᚔᚏᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚊᚓᚉᚔᚐ
Transcription: LITUBIRI MAQI QECIA
Critical apparatus:
- O’Kelly (1952, 38) confirms the initial name but records that the rest is faint. See also Power et al. (1997, no. 7987).
References
- Macalister 1945, 129-130
- O’Kelly 1952, 38
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7987