Ireland I-COR-072 CIIC 121

Móin an tSagairt | Monataggart 4 (I-COR-072)

Inscription

VERGOSO MACI LLOMINACCA

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Stone ID
I-COR-072
CIIC Ref.
121
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: Discovered in the vicinity of three other ogham stones (I-COR-069, I-COR-070, I-COR-071) but unlike them it was not removed from the locality (Quarry 1898, 382). Macalister (1945, 119) found it ‘lying in the farmyard of Monataggart’. When he returned to check it, he ‘found the stone completely covered with farm rubbish’ (Macalister 1945, 119).

Findspot: Monataggart (Móin an tSagairt), Co. Cork, Ireland (ITM Coordinates: 545879, 580808)

Last recorded location(s): When inspected last, this stone was lying beside a field fence close to the farmyard.

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: CO061-022005-

Object type: Pillar

Material: Stone type unknown

Dimensions: H 1.75 m

Condition: It is not possible to make out more than a few faint scores of the inscription (Power et al. 1997, no. 7981).

Letters: According to Macalister (1945, 119), the inscription is composed of ‘minute characters’ and was likely scored.

Edition

Ogham text: ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚑᚄᚑ ᚋᚐᚉᚔ ᚂᚂᚑᚋᚔᚅᚐᚉᚉᚐ

Transcription: VERGOSO MACI LLOMINACCA

References

  • Macalister 1945, 119
  • Power, Byrne, Egan, Lane, and Sleeman 1997, no. 7981
  • Quarry 1896, 382
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