Inscribed stone in Coumduff, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

KE044-019---- occupies an area of open ground in the centre of the village of Knockane, about three-quarters of a mile S of Lough Anscaul. Inscribed-slab (KE044-019005-): An inscribed stone fragment from the site was presented to UCC in 1939 but its present whereabouts is not known. One surface bore 4 letters or symbols but the rubbing published by O'Connell (1939b, 45) does not help to clarify what these represent. A loom-weight was found on the site at the same time. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 831.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE044-019005

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