Ireland I-COR-096

Gort na hEorna | Kilbrittain/Barleyfield (I-COR-096)

Inscription

TECORMAQ

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Stone ID
I-COR-096
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 is the original location record of a cross-slab. The only information regarding its provenance is that it was discovered in the 1940s in the townland of Barleyfield near Kilbrittain and re-discovered by Lankford in 1993 (Lankford 1993, 12-13).

Findspot: Barleyfield (Gort na hEorna), Co. Cork, Ireland ()

Last recorded location(s): This stone is in the Cork Public Museum (see CO074-166----). (Ronan et al. 2009, no. 16919).

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO123-081----

Object type: Cross-carved pillar

Material: Sandstone

Dimensions: H 0.56 × W 0.28 × D 0.2 m

Decoration: The cross-slab has a large Latin cross with expanded terminals on one face.

Condition: A flat-topped cross-slab bearing an ogham inscription.

Inscription

Text field: The cross-slab has an ogham inscription along one edge. Damage to the lower portion of the slab indicates that it may have been part of a larger pillar stone (Lankford 1993, 12-13).

Letters: The ogham inscription is deeply cut.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚈᚓᚉᚑᚏᚋᚐᚊ

Transcription: TECORMAQ

References

  • Lankford 1993, 12-13
  • Ronan, Egan, and Byrne 2009, no. 16919
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