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CIIC 153. Ballinrannig VI (BAILE AN REANNAIGH), Co. Kerry

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© 2016-11-04

© 2016-11-04

National Monuments Service Record Number: KE042-057011-

Site Type

Burial ground and probable ecclesiastical site

Description

Site

'Cillvickillane/Cill Mhic Uíleáin: A large, grass-grown, sandy knoll, crowned by a single ogham stone, is located at the base of a small promontory on the S shore of Smerwick Harbour. It was here that a storm at the end of the 18th century exposed 7 ogham stones, a possible fragment of an ogham stone, a cross-inscribed stone, a number of graves and quantities of bone, and the ruins of several houses (Windele 1838, 145; Chatterton 1839, 190). Windele's sketch of the site shows the ogham stones set out in a rough semi-circle on top of the mound with a slab-lined grave positioned nearby. Chatterton describes the houses as being beyond the mound nearer the sea. Windele interpreted these as the remains of an ancient village, but it has also been suggested that one of the structures, roughly 20 feet x 12 feet (6 x 3.7m), was a church (Curran no. 21). Lord Ventry removed 6 of the ogham stones from the site in the mid-19th century; nos. 1 to 4 now line the driveway to Burnham House/Colaiste Íde, between Dingle and Ventry, and nos. 5 and 6 are preserved in the grounds of Chute Hall near Tralee. Only no.7 is still preserved on the original site' (Cuppage 1986, 250-2).

Monument

'Grit', 1.02m x 0.30m x 0.18m (Converted from Macalister 1945, 149). Some damage evident at the top of the stone.

Text

The inscription is up-top-down, 'on two diagonally opposed angles... Of 4I [MAQQI], all but I1 is chipped off, as are also the proximal ends of the C of Cattini and the following A' (Macalister 1945, 149). It is noteworthy that there appears to be slightly extra space left here between the name of the person commemorated CCICAMINI and the following formula word MAQQI (represented by 'vac.' below). This occassional use of space to seperate words in ogham (see also CIIC 118 Monataggart I, Co. Cork) is discussed by Moffat (2011, 290).

Transliteration

CCICAMINIvac. MAQ/Q[/I] C[A]TTINI

Translation

'of C? son of Caitne'

Commentary

  • The father's name CATTINI (later Caitne) likewise occurs as the father's name in an inscription found at Ballintaggart (CIIC 157), a site also located in Corca Dhuibhne territory.

Locations

Found

Exposed by a storm at the end of the 18th century, along with 6 other ogham stones (Cuppage 1986, 250), in the townland of Ballinrannig and barony of Corkaguiney. (GPS coordinates -10.388106, 52.178511)

Original

Find location probably original site

Last Recorded

In the mid 19th century this stone and CIIC 153 were moved by Lord Ventry to Chute Hall, near Tralee, where they remain today. The present location of this stone may be accessed via the National Monuments Service Historic Environment viewer on www.archaeology.ie. (GPS coordinates-9.642423, 52.275865)

History of Recording

First recognised in 1782 by Pelham and recorded by Vallancey (1804) in Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis 6, 226 (Macalister 1945, 144). This stone was recorded for the Ogham in 3D project in 2017 by Helena Zacharias, a participant on the Corca Dhuibhne 3d project, using Structure from Motion 3d technology.

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