Provenance
Discovery: A lintel stone found in the inner chamber of a souterrain (CO050-062002-), which is now inaccessible, although the stone is presumably still in position. The souterrain is located in a ringfort ‘which will be found in the second field from the road, on the right-hand side on the way from Barrahurin to Athabatten, near Donoghmore’ (Macalister 1945, 110).
Findspot: Kilmartin Lower (Cill Martan Íochtarach), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates (approximate): 545194, 582543)
Last recorded location(s): Inaccessible in situ.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO050-062003-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Clay slate
Dimensions: H 1.70 × W 0.51 × D 0.25 m
Condition: Reused as a lintel in a souterrain, the inscription is in good condition with the broken A of NETTA being ”the only detriment which the inscription has suffered” (Macalister 1945, 110).
Inscription
Text field: The inscription is found along three sides of a lintel stone and reads up-top-down.
Letters: The inscription is chiselled and pocked. The scores are ‘punched on the stone, and then cut through’ (Macalister 1945, 110).
Edition
Ogham text: ᚒᚇᚇᚋᚓᚅᚄᚐ ᚉᚓᚂᚔ ᚅᚓᚈᚈᚐ ᚄᚂᚑᚌᚔ
Transcription: UDDMENSA CELI NETTA SLOGI
References
- Macalister 1945, 110-111
- Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7968