Provenance
Discovery: This stone is the eighth lintel and is one of six ogham stones (also I-COR-062, I-COR-063, I-COR-064, I-COR-065, I-COR-066) 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. 3)
Last recorded location(s): Now on permanent display in the Stone Corridor, University College Cork (see CO074-135----).
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO072-078008-
Object type: Pillar
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions: H 1.8 × W 0.8 × D 0.25 m
Condition: Reused as a lintel in a souterrain, the top of the stone ‘has been broken off by the fort-builders’ and the letter ‘S injured by flaking’ (Macalister 1945, 116).
Inscription
Text field: The surviving part of the inscription is on the left-hand angle of the stone and measures 0.28m (11in.) in length.
Letters: The letters are described by Macalister (1945, 116) as ‘rubbed’, so the inscription was likely pocked and rubbed.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚉᚑᚂᚂᚔ
Transcription: COLLI
Critical apparatus:
- Macalister (1945, 116) read: COLLOS
References
- Macalister 1945, 116, no. 117
- McManus 2004, 15, no. 3
- Power and et al. 1994, no. 7974