Ogham stone in Canburrin

Located on the S side of a rocky spur which extends E from Bentee mountain, this ogham stone stands at the edge of a forestry plantation about 530m NW of Killogrone ecclesiastical site (KE080-046001) and close to the junction of Canburrin, Killoe and Killogrone townlands. When first noted, only its upper .45m protruded from the peat-cover of the slope; the stone was subsequently dug out (The Kerryman, 20/5/1939). Of sandstone and irregular in elevation, it now stands 1.2m high and measures .27m x .18m at base. Macalister (1945, 224) read the inscription as: ANM CALUMANN MAQ[. . . The initial vowel notch is no longer apparent, nor is the third notch of the U. Only four grooves of the Q survive, and it may have been a C. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 910. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013