Ogham stone in Gort Na Gcuileannach

A cross-inscribed ogham stone formerly acted as a lintel over the doorway to a D-shaped clochaun which stood within the enclosure [KE044-094001-]. This was removed by Hitchcock and presented to the Royal Irish Academy, along with a quernstone also found at the site. This stone is currently in the National Museum of Ireland strorage facility at Daingean, Co. Offaly (see OF018-195----). A roughly rectangular, sandstone slab measuring .9m high, .27m wide and .1m thick. The inscription is carved along the 2 edges of one face and reads: MAQQI-DECEDDA MAQQI CATUV(........). The V is followed by 3 vowel notches but beyond this the stone is damaged and no definite scores are preserved. There is no consensus amongst earlier researchers as to the termination of the final word. Macalister (1945, 177-8) suggests that the name should be CATUVIQQA. A simple Greek cross is inscribed on each face of the stone. (Cuppage 1986, no. 699) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 14 January 2017