Provenance
Discovery: Formerly part of a stone circle, this ogham stone was repurposed as a lintel for a pigstye, where it was discovered by Croker and Abell (Macalister 1945, 109). In 1835, the ogham stone was removed to the Royal Cork Institution.
Findspot: Glenaglogh North (Gleann na gCloch Thuaidh), Co. Cork, Ireland (Approximate location only.)
Current repository: Ireland University College Cork (inv. no. 22)
Last recorded location(s): This stone is currently on permanent display in the Stone Corridor (‘Rúin na gCloch / Stories in Stone’ exhibition), University College Cork.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO060-190----
Object type: Pillar
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions: H 1.85 × W 0.27 × D 0.09 m
Condition: This ogham stone was once part of a stone circle and was reused as a lintel for a pigstye, the end of the inscription has ”fractured away” (Macalister 1945, 109).
Letters: Macalister (1945, 109) noted that the ‘first six letters are cut in fine lines and the remainder is boldy punched, evidently by someone (in ancient times) who endeavoured to strengthen the letters and to make them more prominent and permanent’. Consequently, the inscription combines two execution techniques since it is both chiselled and pocked.
Edition
Ogham text: ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚌᚒᚄᚄᚑᚄ ᚋᚐ[---
Transcription: CUNAGUSSOS MA[---]
Critical apparatus:
- Macalister (1945, 109) read: CUNAGUSSOS MA[---]
Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor.
References
- Macalister 1945, 108-109, no. 107