What is recorded here

Cork antiquarians pulled the ogham stone from a hidden passage beneath a Burnfort ringfort in 1835, revealing the name SAGITTARI in clear cuts. Men argued for decades over what that name meant, yet the stone itself vanished when the Royal Cork Institution building fell away in 1853. The chamber probably still holds its shadow, waiting beneath the town for someone brave enough to listen.

Discovered by Cork antiquarians in a Man-made underground passage (CO042-052002-) of a ringfort (CO042-052001-) and deposited in the museum of the Royal Cork Institution in 1835. It subsequently disappeared, probably when the Institution building was replaced by the Athenaeum in 1853 (White 1905-18, vol. 1, 322). A drawing of the stone (1.68m x 0.48m x 0.2m, converted from Macalister 1945) by John Windele shows a clear inscription which Macalister (1945, 61, no. 56) gave as SAGITTARI. The interpretation of this inscription was the subject of much debate in the 19th century (ibid.). The Greenhill ogham stones are c. 900m to NW (CO042-049001-, CO042-049002-). (Power et al. 1997, no. 7956) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 17 January 2016

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