What is recorded here

One small ogham stone still stands inside Rathcanning fort on a hill crown in County Cork, watching the land in every direction. Macalister rescued a nine-inch fragment from the fort wall and carried it to Dublin, where its uncertain marks still tease readers. The second stone may have come from a nearby underground passage rather than the fort itself, reminding us that even local history keeps some of its edges hidden.

Found on the crown of a hill with good views in all directions, inside Rathcanning fort (COO66-01001-). A lump of stone (9in; 4in x 4in), read by Macalister (1945, 82, no. 80) as bearing the end of an M and other marks 'not so certainly intended as letters'. This fragment was rescued by him 'from the wall of the ....fort' and is now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (DU018-162----). A second ogham stone (CO066-009----) was implied by Macalister (1945, 82, no. 79) to have come from the Man-made underground passage (CO066-01002-) in this fort. However, the earliest account of this stone states that it came from another Man-made underground passage S of Rathcanning, closer to where it was found re-used in a farmyard. (Power et al. 1994, no. 4236) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 19 March 2016

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