What is recorded here

Unknown Townland, County Dublin: a tall Cork stone ploughed up in 1872, bearing a scarred name for a forgotten kindred. It crossed counties to become a gate post, still marking a boundary though its own history has been worn smooth.

This stone is from Monataggart, Co. Cork (see CO061-022002-). This large stone (2.5m; 0.4m x 0.3m) was discovered in 1872 during ploughing of a field, later set up as a gate post (Brash 1879, 160-1); according to the farmer, it formed the lintel in a possible long cist grave. Macalister (1945, 116-8, no. 118) gave the inscription as VEQREQ MUCOI GLUNLEGGET, but considered that it had 'passed through a series of vicissitudes, all of which have left scars upon its surface' (ibid., 116). (Power 1997, 169, no. 7978) 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=118 Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 31 December 2014

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