Provenance
Discovery: This stone was the second innermost lintel and is one of six ogham stones (also I-COR-062, I-COR-063, 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.
Findspot: Knockshanawee (Cnoc Seanmhaí), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 545175, 569241)
Current repository: Ireland University College Cork (inv. no. 26)
Last recorded location(s): Now on permanent display in the Stone Corridor (‘Rúin na gCloch / Stories in Stone’ exhibition), University College Cork (see CO074-139----).
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO072-078005-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Siltstone
Dimensions: H 2.8 × W 0.6 × D 0.15 m
Condition: Reused as a lintel in a souterrain, the centre and top part of the inscription is missing because the stone had been broken in two. The bottom of the inscription is in fair condition.
Inscription
Text field: The inscription starts 1.02m (3ft. 4in.) from the bottom the stone and runs up (Macalister 1945, 114).
Letters: The inscription is knife-scored and ‘very roughly set out’ (Macalister 1945, 114).
Edition
Ogham text: ᚌᚏᚔᚋᚔᚌᚌᚅ[ᚔ ᚋᚐᚊ]ᚔ ᚉᚓᚏᚉ[ᚉ..
Transcription: GRIMIGGN[I MAQ]I CERC[C..]
References
- Macalister 1945, 114, no. 114
- McManus 2004, 22, no. 26a/b
- Power and et al. 1994, no. 7971