What is recorded here

Under the central mound at Killeen Cormac, a buried stone waited beneath revetment slabs until humans dragged it back into the light. Its fine scores lean at an unusual angle, and only two vowel notches remain on a tapering column now standing again in the burial ground. The dead place keeps seven such markers, but this one still touches the sky with a name half erased by time.

One of seven ogham stones (KD032-044001- to KD032-044007-) recorded by Macalister (1945, 28-9 (23 – No. V)) at 'Killeen Cormac' burial ground (KD032-044----). The stone was found under one of revetment-slabs of the central mound and was re-erected in the burial ground. Macalister (op. cit.) described it has having 'very fine scores . . . set at an unusual slope with reference to the stemline. Only two vowel notches remain.' He transcribed the inscription: AV[.]S[.]S[.]MAQ[.]S. A roughly rectangular, but tapering, lichen covered, earthfast stone (H 1m; L at top 0.51m E-W; Wth 0.35m N-S; narrowing/tapering to L at base 0.37m E-W; Wth 0.3m N-S) has the ogham inscription on its NE corner. The N and S faces of the stone are fairly smooth, while the E and W ends have a rougher finish. This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details, including a description with 3D imagery, transcription and references, please go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=23 (last accessed 14 November 2013) Revised by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 15 November 2013

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