What is recorded here

Inscribed stone in Baile An Tsagairt (tc Baile An Bhóthair) stands in County Kerry, Ireland. When a low mound was removed from the corner of this field it was found to mark a grave containing a human skeleton (KE045-023----). A heap of quartz stones and an inscribed slab (KE045-023001-) were also found. The latter, described as having writing on it, was taken to Dublin but nothing more is known of it; it may have been an ogham stone (local information).

When a low mound was removed from the corner of this field it was found to mark a grave containing a human skeleton (KE045-023----). A heap of quartz stones and an inscribed slab (KE045-023001-) were also found. The latter, described as having writing on it, was taken to Dublin but nothing more is known of it; it may have been an ogham stone (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 196. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the inscribed slab may have marked a burial or had a commemorative function, possibly associated with a local saint or notable individual. Such stones often carried ogham inscriptions, used in funerary or territorial contexts in early Ireland.

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