What is recorded here

No visible ogham marks remain on the whitefield stone, yet its buried line may still hold the name of a forgotten person. The house kept that mystery alive by setting the stone under its hearth, where heat and use continued to touch what the inscription first recorded.

Hitchcock noted that this ogham stone served as a hearth-slab in the kitchen of Baunclune House (RIA MS 24 E 13). Its dimensions were recorded as 4 feet 5 inches (1.35m) x 1 foot 11 inches (.59m) x 9 inches (.23m). Using Hitchcock's drawing of the stone, Macalister (1945, 213) read the worn inscription as: QAM . . . ROMACULLO Moore, however, notes that there is no indication of the second A in Hitchcock's drawing (1981, 217). The stone appears to have been destroyed, and it is not considered to have been associated with the four other ogham stones from Whitefield (KE057-107001-). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 921. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.