Provenance
Discovery: One of two ogham stones (also I-COR-022) found in 1906 by Mr J. J. O’Crowley reused as upright supports for a roofing stone in the entrance chamber of a souterrain (SMR ID: CO122-001002-) in the NW quadrant of a rath/ringfort (SMR ID: CO122-001001-). A third ogham stone (I-COR-023) was discovered in the same souterrain in 1976.
Findspot: Carhoovauler (Ceathrú Bhaldair), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 533446, 549155)
Last recorded location(s): In situ but no longer accessible. Last seen in 2012 by Jérôme and Laurent Triolet (who kindly supplied us with an image), assisted by James McCarthy.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO122-001003-
Object type: Slab
Material: Stone type unknown
Dimensions: H 1.07 × W 0.23 × D 0.10 m
Condition: Macalister (1945, 77) recorded that this stone was broken to a suitable size for reuse as an upright support in a souterrain. The dimensions and available images show that it is more of a slab than a pillar stone.
Inscription
Text field: A photograph taken in 2012 (thanks to permission from Jérôme and Laurent Triolet ) shows that the inscription is up on the left angle in its current location in the souterrain.
Letters: As Macalister (1945, 77) noted, the ogham is inscribed in ‘bold scores’. From the image noted above, the strokes appear to have been pocked and well spaced, with extra space between the two G strokes.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚇᚑᚋᚅᚌᚓᚅ
Transcription: DOMNGEN
Critical apparatus:
- Reading confirmed from photographs as souterrain now inaccessible.
References
- O’Crowley 1906, 204
- Macalister 1945, 77, no. 73
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1992, 124, no. 1032