Ireland I-KER-105 CIIC 234

Cill Choimhtheach | Kilkeehagh (I-KER-105)

Inscription

MAQI R[.....

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

Stone ID
I-KER-105
CIIC Ref.
234
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: 1913 Delap (standing on top of cairn (Leacht Fhionáin) on townland/parish boundary)

Findspot: Gleensk (Glísc https://www.logainm.ie/en/22313),Kilkeehagh (Cill Choimhtheach https://www.logainm.ie/en/22295), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates: 459651, 588169 )

Last recorded location(s): in situ

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE063-012001-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Slate

Dimensions:

Inscription

Text field: Inscription on the angle turned toward the road. Modern cross scratched on eastern face (MAC1945).

Letters:

Edition

Transcription: MAQI R[…

Critical apparatus:

a single vowel notch follows the R, and possibly a second, after which everything is scaled away for 81/2"", and one vowel notch follows (MAC1945).

References

  • Macalister 1945, …
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Visiting the Cill Choimhtheach | Kilkeehagh (I-KER-105) Ogham Stone

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