Provenance
Discovery: Discovered in 1875 in a sloping pasture, on the N side of a valley, within the site of a burial ground (CO061-017004-) marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map, which is within an ecclesiastical enclosure (CO061-188----). This upright stone marks the NW end of a possible burial (CO061-017001-). A second uninscribed stone marks the NE corner. The stump of a third stone at the SW corner was recorded by Brash (1879, 164) but does not survive.
Findspot: Kilcullen South (Cill Chuilinn Theas), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 545217, 581342)
Last recorded location(s): In situ.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO061-187----
Object type: Pillar
Material: Slate
Dimensions: H 1.35 × W 0.90 × D 0.40 m
Condition: One out of four standing stones originally, now only two remain. The surface of the stone is ‘much weathered and disintegrated’ (Macalister 1945, 109).
Inscription
Text field: The inscription is on the dexter angle of the S face of the stone and ‘is continued on the sinister angle of the same face.’
Letters: The scores of the inscription are chiselled (Macalister 1945, 110).
Edition
Ogham text: ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚒᚉ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚑᚉ[.. ? ..
Transcription: LUGUDUC MAQI MAQI OC[.. ? ..]CI
References
- Brash 1879, 164
- Macalister 1945, 109-110
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7967