Provenance
Discovery: First recognised in 1782 by Pelham and recorded by Vallancey (1804, 226; Macalister 1945, 144). Exposed by a storm at a probable early ecclesiastical site known as Cillvickillane (Cill Mhic Uíleáin), along with six other ogham stones, a possible fragment of an 8th ogham stone, a cross-inscribed stone, a number of graves and quantities of bone, and the ruins of several houses. Windele’s sketch of the site shows the ogham stones set out in a rough semi-circle on top of the mound with a slab-lined grave positioned nearby. Chatterton describes the houses as being beyond the mound nearer the sea. Windele interpreted these as the remains of an ancient village, but it has also been suggested that one of the structures, roughly 20 feet x 12 feet (6 x 3.7m), was a church (Cuppage 1986, 250). Only one of the ogham stones (I-KER-021) remains on site.
Findspot: Ballinrannig (Baile an Reannaigh), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates (approximate - location of remaining stone): 436682, 605700)
Last recorded location(s): Macalister (1945, 144) noted that in the mid 19th century this stone and I-KER-019 were moved by Lord Ventry to Chute Hall, near Tralee, where they still remain. This stone was recorded using photogrammetry in 2017 by Helena Zacharias, a participant on the Corca Dhuibhne 3d project.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE042-057011-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions:
Inscription
Text field: The inscription is on diagonally opposed angles.
Letters: Pocked in relatively long, neatly-spaced strokes. Interesting difference in vowel strokes on arris (wedge-shaped) and where stemline not on arris (straight, short stroke). ‘Of 4I [MAQQI], all but I1 is chipped off, as are also the proximal ends of the C of Cattini and the following A’ (Macalister 1945, 149). It is noteworthy that there appears to be slightly extra space left here between the name of the person commemorated CCICAMINI and the following formula word MAQQI (represented by ‘vac.’ below).
Edition
Transcription: CCICAMINIvac. MAQQ[/I] C[A]TTINI
Translation
of C? son of Caitne
Commentary
The father’s name CATTINI (later Caitne) likewise occurs as the father’s name in an inscription found at Ballintaggart (CIIC 157 (I-KER-024)), a site also located in Corca Dhuibhne territory.
References
- Bennett, Uí Shíthigh, Holden, and Ó Bric 1995, 7-8
- Cuppage 1986, 250-252
- Macalister 1945, 144, 149
- McManus 1991, 108
- Vallancey 1804, 226