What is recorded here

Four feet of local stone covered a dark underground passage in County Cork, joining fourteen others in a buried roof. Rev. E. Barry lifted one in 1890, read BLATEGSI, and replaced it before crowbar damage created a false notch that misled later readers. The stone left for Lismore Castle in 1920, perhaps still standing there or lost entirely, carrying a name written in shallow cuts rather than ink.

This stone (L 4ft 1in) was recorded as one of 15 ogham stones (CO055-007002-; CO055-007005-; CO055-007018-) found covering a Man-made underground passage (CO055-007003-). It was lifted and read by Rev. E. Barry (1890, 518) in the 19th century and then replaced. The stone is recorded as having been moved to Lismore Castle (WA021-019023-) in 1920 (Power 1932, 11). It is unconfirmed as to whether it is still at this location. The inscription was read by Barry as BLATEGSI. Macalister (1945, 90, no. 91) initially read BLOTEGSI, but according to Barry the extra notch changing the reading was caused by crowbar damage after initial lifting. (Power et al. 1994, no. 4224) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 5 February 2016

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