What is recorded here
Ten ogham stones circle the summit of a low hillock between Dingle Harbour and Trabeg, marking an old burial ground near Ballintaggart. One rough boulder, a metre and a quarter long, still bears faint cuts that men have argued over for decades. They may be the names of the dead, or they may be the shape of water on rock. The circle keeps both possibilities alive.
One of ten ogham stones collected from various locations in the vicinity of Ballintagart and now arranged in a circle within the enclosure. Ballintaggart church (KE053-033001-) (site of) and old burial ground (KE053-033002-) /An Cheallúnach or An Lisín: This circular enclosure crowns the summit of a low, but prominent, hillock between Dingle Harbour and Trabeg. This boulder (KE053-033012-), 1.2m long, is less regular and smooth than the others but is of the same rounded oval form. The ogham inscription is not clear and has been variously interpreted. The most likely readings are by Macalister (1945, 156) and O'Kelly (annotation to Macalister's Corpus) respectively: CUNAMAQQI AVI CORBBI and CULI MAQQI AVI CORBI. (Cuppage 1986, no. 820, no. 9)
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=162
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 26 October 2016
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