What is recorded here

Rathkenny II spans the entrance to the north chamber inside the Lismore underground passage, forcing every person to brush past its carved marks before entering the dark. The stone sits embedded in ancient drystone walling, hiding most of its body while displaying a damaged name in broad scores. It is not a display cabinet or a forgotten ruin but a living threshold where human hands still meet the chamber after centuries.

This is one of four ogham stones (KE021-087002-; KE021-087004-; KE021-087005-; KE021-087007-) from the Man-made underground passage (KE021-087001-) in the SW sector of the ringfort named Lismore (An Lios Mór; KE021-087----). This multivallate rath is situated on rising land and has an extensive view of the surrounding countryside. It consists of a circular area enclosed by three banks and fosses. An opening was made into one of the chambers in the late 1970s, so the drystone walling construction of the chambers and tunnels is quite visible (Toal 1995, no. 774). This ogham stone (Rathkenny II) acts as a lintel on the passage leading to the N chamber, to the right on entering the Man-made underground passage. It measures 0.82m x 0.24m x 0.19m (dimensions taken from 3d data), although the full extent is unknown as the stone is embedded in the structure. The inscription is picked in broad clear scores but is damaged and partially inaccessible with only the left-hand angle visible: oLisSeGVOG (White 2016, 211-2) 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 go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=1083 Updated by: Nora White Date of upload: 19 October 2017 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 186/1949).

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