Provenance
Discovery: One of six ogham stones (also I-COR-062, I-COR-064, I-COR-065, I-COR-066, I-COR-067) used in the construction of a souterrain (CO072-078002-) and was discovered in 1911. Two years later it was dismantled and moved to University College Cork. This stone stood upright in the souterrain supporting a lintel.
Findspot: Knockshanawee (Cnoc Seanmhaí), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 545175, 569241)
Current repository: Ireland University College Cork (inv. no. 5)
Last recorded location(s): Now on permanent display in the Stone Corridor (‘Rúin na gCloch / Stories in Stone’ exhibition), University College Cork (see CO074-136----).
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO072-078004-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions: H 1.75 × W 0.4 × D 0.25 m
Condition: Reused as a support stone in a souterrain, the inscription is ‘perfectly legible’ (Macalister 1945, 113).
Inscription
Text field: The inscriptions is on one angle of the stone and reads vertically upwards.
Letters: The inscription is ‘neatly cut in minute scores’ (Macalister 1945, 113).
Edition
Ogham text: ᚃᚓᚊᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚅᚔ
Transcription: VEQIKAMI MAQI LUGUNI
References
- Macalister 1945, 113, no. 113
- McManus 2004, 15-16, no. 5
- Power and et al. 1994, no. 7970