Provenance
Discovery: This fragment was found by Macalister (1945, 82) in the wall of ‘Rathcanning fort’ (classed in the Archaeological Survey as a ‘hilltop enclosure’ COO66-01001-), which is situated on the crown of a hill with good views in all directions. However, this is located in Glenaphuca townland and not in the neighbouring townland of Rathcanning (clearly named after the ‘Fort’), as recorded in earlier accounts by Macalister and others. An ogham stone (I-COR-028) discovered in the area in 1896, was implied by Macalister (1945, 82) to have come from the souterrain (CO066-01002-) in ‘Rathcanning fort’. However, the earliest account of this stone states the belief that it came from a souterrain ‘a quarter of a mile south of Rathcanning fort’, close to where it was found reused in a farm building (Barry 1897, 41-42).
Findspot: Rathcanning (Ráth an Cheanainn), Glenaphuca (Gleann an Phúca), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 594779, 579938)
Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 1943:302)
Last recorded location(s): Now in the National Museum of Ireland (Kildare St), Dublin (DU018-162----) where it was examined and recorded in 2010 for the Ogham in 3D project.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO066-053----
Object type: Fragment
Material: Stone type unknown
Dimensions: H 0.22 × W 0.16 × D 0.07 m
Condition: A possible fragment of an ogham stone, broken up for reuse as building material.
Inscription
Text field: The fragment possibly bears an M stroke and other marks that are less likely to be ogham strokes.
Letters: The execution technique is unknown.
Edition
Transcription: [---]M[---]
References
- Barry 1897, 41-44
- Macalister 1945, 82, no. 80
- O’Kelly 1945, 152-153
- O’Kelly 1945, 18-23
- Power and et al. 1994, no. 4236