What is recorded here

Seven feet of local stone survived buried inside a Cork ringfort, waiting for men to break the earth in 1844. One name is flaked and disputed, but the other still stands out in bold scores: BruSC, son of DOVALeSC. The chamber hid a living identity, not a decorative ruin.

Found within a Man-made underground passage (CO065-03202-) opened in 1844 inside a ringfort (CO065-03201-), partially under present site of Ballynatrasna House. The stone (H 7ft 2in; 1ft 10in x 6in) is now on permanent display in the Stone Corridor, University College Cork (see CO074-146----). 'The dexter inscription, cut in fine lines, is much flaked' and was read by Macalister (1945, 66-7, no. 63) as COLOMAGNI AVI DUCURI and by McManus (2004, 20-1, no. 21) as COLOMAGNi [ ]V[ ]DU[ ]U... . 'The sinister inscription is punched in bold scores, and reads BRUSCO MAQI DOVALESCI' (McManus: BruSC[ ]DOVALeSC). A second ogham stone (CO065-033----) found in the same Man-made underground passage was re-erected within the townland on the site of 'another erased rath' (CO065-097----) (Atkinson 1883-84, 309). (Power et al. 1994, no. 4238) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 10 March 2016

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