Provenance
Discovery: One of two ogham stones (also I-COR-021) 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.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO122-001004-
Object type: Pillar
Dimensions: H 0.79 × W 0.20 × D 0.18 m
Condition: Macalister (1945, 77) recorded that this stone was broken to a suitable size for reuse as an upright support in a souterrain.
Inscription
Text field: Very little information has been recorded except that the inscription is on the lower remaining portion of the ogham stone.
Letters: Macalister (1945, 78) noted that the ogham is inscribed in ‘minute scores’.
Date: Late sixth or early seventh century AD (linguistic)
Edition
Ogham text: ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ ᚋ[ᚐᚊᚔ] ᚄ[---
Transcription: CONANN M[AQI] S[---]
Critical apparatus:
- Macalister (1945, 78) noted that: ‘A flake, knocked off from the H-surface, had carried away all of the word MAQI except the B-half of the M’.
Translation
of Conán son of S?
Commentary
The ending of the personal name CONANN (earlier -AGNI) suggests that this is a late inscription (Ziegler 1994, 154).
References
- O’Crowley 1906, 204
- Macalister 1945, 78, no. 74
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1992, 124, no. 1033
- Ziegler 1994, 154