Ireland I-KER-052 CIIC 184

Gort na gCuileannach | Gortnagullanagh (I-KER-052)

Inscription

MAQQIDECEDDA MAQQI CATUVC

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

Stone ID
I-KER-052
CIIC Ref.
184
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: 1853 - MAC1945, 177: `Found by Hitchcock, acting as a lintel on the doorway of a beehive hut in a half-erased fort, and removed by him in 1853 to the Royal Irish Academy Museum’.

Findspot: Gortnagullanagh (Gort na gCuileannach https://www.logainm.ie/en/22764), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates: 454633, 601051)

Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. 2199:W6)

Last recorded location(s): NMI

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE044-094002-

Object type: Cross-carved pillar

Material: Sandstone

Dimensions:

Inscription

Text field: CUP1986, 226: `A simple Greek cross is inscribed on each face’

Letters: MAC1945, 177: Inscription on two angles (up-up)'. 177--178: On each broad face there is a plain equal-armed cross, pocked … contrasting in technique with the chisel-cut inscription, and, therefore, presumably a later addition’.

Edition

Transcription: MAQQIDECEDDA MAQQI CATUVỤC̣Ẹ

References

  • Macalister 1945, …
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Plan Your Visit

Visiting the Gort na gCuileannach | Gortnagullanagh (I-KER-052) Ogham Stone

The Gort na gCuileannach | Gortnagullanagh (I-KER-052) stone is one of Ireland's finest early medieval monuments — and well worth the journey. Whether you're a dedicated epigrapher, a history enthusiast, or simply someone who loves exploring ancient places, seeing a 1,500-year-old inscription in person is an experience unlike any other.

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Getting There

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What to Bring

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