Ireland I-COR-065 CIIC 115

Cnoc Seanmhaí | Knockshanawee 4 (I-COR-065)

Inscription

CULRIGAI MAQI MENUMAQ[I]

Ogham reads along the stemline — usually bottom to top on standing stones. How to read Ogham →

Stone ID
I-COR-065
CIIC Ref.
115
Country
Ireland
This record is drawn from the OG(H)AM corpus — the authoritative scholarly database of Ogham inscriptions, compiled by a team of epigraphers, archaeologists, and linguists. Transcription conventions and dating follow established epigraphic standards.

Provenance

Discovery: This stone was the third lintel and is one of six ogham stones (also I-COR-062, I-COR-063, I-COR-064, 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. 2)

Last recorded location(s): Now on permanent display in the Stone Corridor (‘Rúin na gCloch / Stories in Stone’ exhibition), University College Cork (See CO074-134----)

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO072-078006-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Sandstone

Dimensions: H 3.1 × W 0.4 × D 0.3 m

Condition: Reused as a lintel in a souterrain, ‘the stone is fragile, it broke in two along the line of an old crack’ (Macalister 1945, 114).

Letters: Macalister (1945, 114) described the scores as ‘carelessly cut’.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚉᚒᚂᚏᚔᚌᚐᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚋᚓᚅᚒᚋᚐᚊ[ᚔ]

Transcription: CULRIGAI MAQI MENUMAQ[I]

References

  • Macalister 1945, 114, no. 115
  • McManus 2004, 15, no. 2
  • Power and et al. 1994, no. 7972
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Visiting the Cnoc Seanmhaí | Knockshanawee 4 (I-COR-065) Ogham Stone

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