Provenance
Discovery: First noted in 1940 by Eddie McDonald (Harbison 1991, 185, No. 11). Harbison (1991, 185) also noted the possibility of a second ogham stone, lost since the 1940s. The inscribed pillar was discovered in the graveyard, beside the grave of a certain W. Murphy, at the early ecclesiastical site of Cluain Mór Áeda or Cluain Mhór M’Áedóc. Early features include two large granite solid-wheeled crosses, nineteen cross-cavred stones, a holy well and two bullaun stones (Brindley and Kilfeather 1993, 54-5). The ogham stone, located in the graveyard , is not mentioned in the Archaeolgical Inventory of Co. Carlow.
Findspot: Clonmore (Cluain Mhór), Glebe, Co. Carlow, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 696369, 676093)
Last recorded location(s): In situ, where it was examined and recorded in 3d for the Ogham in 3D project in 2010.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CW009-028021-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Granite
Dimensions: H 0.78 × W 0.30 × D 0.22 m
Condition: This small pillar is so weathered and lichen covered that only very faint traces of the ogham inscription remain on the lower SE angle. Harbison (1991, 185, no. 11) mentions ‘faint traces of a ringed cross in relief on the west face’ but not discernible on the stone or on the 3D model.
Inscription
Text field: There are traces of an ogham inscription on the lover part of one angle (Analysis of 3d data by Dr Thierry Daubos of the Irish Inscribed Stones project at the Moore Institute, Galway in 2010.
Letters: It is difficult to be sure due to much weathering but it is likely that the inscription was pocked. The strokes appear to be of average length and spacing.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚌ̣ᚒ̣ᚄ̣ᚉ̣ᚒ̣
Transcription: G̣ỤṢC̣Ụ
Critical apparatus:
- Macalister (1945, 18) read: RENI 2. The reading is very uncertain, although there are faint traces of a B-aicme letter (possibly S) followed by a H-aicme letter (possibly C or T). The initial G could be the remains of an R or another letter from the M-aicme where some of the strokes may be below ground.
References
- Brindley and Kilfeather 1993, 54-55
- Harbison 1991, 177-200
- Macalister 1945, 18, no.15