What is recorded here

Erccas, son of Colla, is still named on the broken stone now kept in Musae Chorca Dhuibhne. The name may have marked a grave, a rath or a household, but the chisel work preserves him beside the sea.

Until recently this stone (see KE045-035004-) acted as the door lintel to an outhouse in Lougher townland and reputedly came from the rath in the adjoining townland of Rathmalode (Macalister 1945, 190-1, no. 196). The Co. Kerry Field Club (1939) mention briefly the possibility that it came from a grave-site (KE045-110----) in Lougher townland, but their informant is now deceased and the information could not be verified. The stone is now in Musáem Chorca Dhuibhne, Ballyferriter. It is 1.24m long, .34m wide and .1m thick. The stone is broken at one end and only 2 letters of the last name are visible. The inscription reads: ERCAVICCAS MAQI CO.....' (Cuppage 1986, no. 520) 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: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=196 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 16 January 2017

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