What is recorded here
One ogham stone from Ballinrannig now stands at Chute Hall in Tullygarran, having been removed during the mid-nineteenth century. A late eighteenth-century storm had first torn the mound open, exposing several stones, graves and bone beside ruined houses. The stone still carries opposed angular scores that record a personal name, though two vowels have faded from its surface. It is no longer the only survivor from that buried place, but it remains one of the few that can still be seen where it was carried.
National Monument No. 295. This is the present location at Chute Hall of an ogham stone from Ballinrannig townland (KE042-057011-), site name Cillvickillane/Cill Mhic Uíleáin: A storm at the end of the 18th century exposed 7 ogham stones, a possible fragment of an 8th ogham stone, a cross-inscribed stone, a number of graves and quantities of bone, and the ruins of several houses (Windele 1838, 145). Windele's sketch of the site shows the ogham stones set out in a rough semi-circle on top of the mound with a slab-lined grave positioned nearby. Lord Ventry removed 6 of the ogham stones from the site in the mid-19th century; nos. 1 to 4 now line the driveway to Burnham House/Colaiste Íde (KE053-012004-, KE053-012005-, KE053-012006-, KE053-012007-), between Dingle and Ventry; nos. 5 and 6 are preserved in the grounds of Chute Hall (KE029-132----, KE029-241----) near Tralee and no. 7 remains at the original site (KE042-057003-).
The present location of this stone is at Chute Hall in the townland of Tullygarran and its monument number at that location is KE029-241----. A stone measuring 1.1m high and 0.29 x 0.20m at base. Two opposed angles bear the inscription: CCICAMINI MAQQ(I) C(A)TTINI (Macalister 1945, 149, no. 153). Two of the vowels are no longer traceable but the remainder of the scores are clearly defined. (Cuppage 1986, no. 792 (No. 6))
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 30 November 2016
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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