CIIC 47. Castletimon, Co. Wicklow
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Site Type
Unassociated
Description
Site
Lying in a niche at the side of the road overlooking the Potter's River valley and approximately 100 meters north-east of an early ecclesiastical site (Castletimon church and graveyard, WI036-009001-) (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, no. 1006).
Monument
National Monument in state guardianship No. 304. Granite slab, 1.50m x 0.48m x 0.25m (converted from Macalister 1945, 51). There is a depression at the flat end of the stone which has the appearance of the mortise half of a mortise and tenon joint.
Text
The inscription is cut (up-top) on the rounded angle and is 'quite clear, though worn, owing to the stone being used as a seat by weary wayfarers' (Macalister 1945, 51). There appears to be a slight space between the -I of NETA-CARI and the N of the following name.
Transliteration
Translation
'of Nad Cair of Nad Caige (?)'
Commentary
NET(T)A 'champion' (later falling together with NIOT(T)A 'sister's son' when both became Nad-) is frequently found as an element in personal/kin group names (eg. NETA-SEGAMONAS on CIIC 263. Ardmore I and CIIC 300. Island). In this case, the NETA spelling would suggest the word meaning 'champion', rather than NIOT(T)A, which can be used alone as a formula word meaning 'sister's son' (cf. CIIC 252. Gurrane, Co. Kerry).
Locations
Found
Lying by the roadside near Brittas Bay in the townland of Castletimon, barony of Arklow. (GPS coordinates -6.071241, 52.904532)
Original
Find location probably original site
Last recorded
Still at the find site. The location of this stone may be accessed via the National Monuments Service Historic Environment viewer on www.archaeology.ie.
History of Recording
Inscription identified by J.C. Toumey in 1854. Known locally as 'the Giant's Stone'.
References
- Tuomey, J.C. (1854): 'Description of a cromleac and ogham monument near Castletimon church, County of Wicklow', JRSAI, Vol. 3, pp 191-4.
- Macalister, R.A.S. (1916-1917): 'On an ogham edition recently discovered in County Wicklow', PRIA C 33, p. 84.
- Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): Corpus editionum insularum Celticarum, pp 51-2.
- Grogan, E. and Kilfeather, A. (1997): Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. Dublin, no. 1006.
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