Ogham stone (present location) in Coolmagort

National Monument No. 385. A total of seven ogham stones were incorporated into a Man-made underground passage (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 Man-made underground passage passage. A number of bones and skulls, some of which were reputedly human, were found in the Man-made underground passage. In 1940 the ogham stones were removed from the site by the OPW, and were erected close to a public roadway nearby. The Man-made underground passage was subsequently filled back and no surface trace remains. (2) This stone (KE065-078004-) measures 2.65m high, up to .46m in width and .2m in thickness. It had fractured towards the centre when in situ and was supported by an upright stone beneath (A) (see KE065-078001-). The inscription is well-preserved and is carved along both edges. It reads: MAQI-RITEAS MAQI MAQI-DDUMILEAS MUCOI TOICACI. A pocked rectangular space on the left side of the sinister angle was interpreted by Macalister as indicating the removal of an erroneous character (1945, 193, no. 198). (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=198 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 12 February 2017 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 66/1938).