What is recorded here

Three ogham stones from a Kerry rath now sit inside Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare, having first served as roof lintels in a Laharan cottage. One stone bears the name CORBAGNI MAQI BIVITI, preserving a lost identity through angular cuts rather than ink. The stones travelled from an underground passage to a humble home and finally a grand hall, still holding the shape of the hands that marked them.

Six ogham stones, reused as roof lintels, were found in a Man-made underground passage (KE057-023001-) in a rath (KE057-023----) in the townland of Rockfield Middle, Co. Kerry (Barry 1891, 516). Macalister (1945, 239) noted that four of the stones were taken from the Man-made underground passage and used in the building of a cottage in the village of Laharan. Subsequently three of the four stones were removed to Lord Dunraven's mansion at Adare (ibid.) where they still are. The fourth was left behind, and 'is now lost to sight'. (ibid., 240). No. 4 (KE057-023005-): This stone was described by Macalister (ibid., 241) as measuring '3ft 6in [1.07m] x 11in [0.27m] x 1ft 2in [0.37m]' and inscribed on two angles. He read the inscription as 'CORBAGNI MAQI BIVITI'. Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 19 September 2016

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