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National Monument No. 385. A total of seven ogham stones were incorporated into a souterrain (KE065-078----), marked ‘Cave’ on the OS maps, discovered in 1838 by workmen building a field boundary across a slight rise in Dunloe Castle demesne... It was roofed by nine slabs, six of which bore ogham inscriptions. One of the larger ogham stones had cracked in antiquity and was supported by a seventh, which stood upright in the souterrain passage. A number of bones and skulls, some of which were reputedly human, were found in the souterrain. In 1940 the ogham stones were removed from the site by the OPW, and were erected close to a public roadway nearby. The souterrain was subsequently filled back and no surface trace remains.
(6) This stone (KE065-078008-) stands .86m high, and is up to .29m in width and .10m in thickness. It was used as a packing stone above (4) and (5) in the souterrain. The top is broken and the angle of the dexter edge was chipped off in antiquity. Macalister (1945, 197, no. 203) read the remainder of the inscription as: MAQI-DECEDA MAQ[I ....
(O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 863)
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:
http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=203
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 19 February 2017
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 66/1938).
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