Provenance
Discovery: Bought by University College Cork in 1940 from Mr. Garret Fitzgerald and its provenance was given as Parkalassa Fort, Annagap (UCC). No ringfort in the townland is known by this name but the N half of Lisnakilla (Lios na Cille) enclosure (KE044-065001-) was owned by Mr. Fitzgerald and the present landowner confirms that it was from here that the ogham stone originally came. The ecclesiastical nature of the site is suggested by its name (‘enclosure of the church’), and by the discovery there of the ogham stone and bullaun stones (Cuppage 1986, no. 811).
Findspot: Annagap (Áth na gCeap) , Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates (approximate): 459066, 602920)
Current repository: Ireland Cork Public Museum (inv. no. )
Last recorded location(s): Now in Cork Public Museum, where it was examined and recorded using photogrammetry for the Ogham in 3D project in 2017.
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE044-065003-
Object type: Fragment
Material: Sandstone
Dimensions: H 0.30 × W 0.10 × D 0.04 m
Condition: Macalister (1945, 139) gave the dimensions of this fragment as 41.91 x 10.16 x 05.71cm (1’ 4 1/2” X o’ 4” X o’ 2 1/4” in feet and inches) but the current length (height) is 30cm, showing that a piece has broken off since Macalister recorded the fragment. This is also clear on comparing his drawing with recent images.
Inscription
Text field: The fragment is too small is say much about the layout of the inscription other than that it is on the arris of the stone and that the surviving letters appear to read up on the right or down on the left.
Letters: The inscription is pocked in bold consonant strokes while the vowel strokes are wedge-shaped and possibly made with a flat chisel at an angle from either side, as is common in many of the earlier inscriptions.
Edition
Transcription: [---]TAQ MAQỊ[---]
Critical apparatus:
- The portion of the stone which bore the first 2 letters (Macalister 1945, 139) is now missing and only the first 2 strokes of a probable I remain.
References
- Cuppage 1986, no. 811
- Macalister 1945, 139