What is recorded here

Six of seven stones still stand at Killeen Cormac, their edges worn smooth by centuries of rain and forgotten hands. The largest rises half a metre taller than the others, its surface marked with shallow lines that catch the light only at certain angles. Local people once called it the questioning stone because touching its base and walking the mound once felt like asking the dead to answer. Some came to bury relatives, others to be remembered, and the stone witnessed both without judgment.

One of seven ogham stones (KD032-044001- to KD032-044007-) recorded by Macalister (1945, 25-6 (21 – No. III)) at 'Killeen Cormac' burial ground (KD032-044----). Described as a pillar stone (5’ 6” x 1’ 3” x 1’ 3” [c. 1.68m x 0.38m x 0.38m]) standing at the SW end of the central mound of the burial ground. When the lichen was cleaned off with hydrochloric acid, the following inscription was recorded: [ ….. ]MAQQI COLLABOTA. Revised by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 15 November 2013

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