CIIC 23. Colbinstown V, Co. Kildare
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Site Type
Ecclesiastical
Description
Site
The site, a gravel mound known as Killeen Cormac (Cell Ingen Cormaic/Cell Fhine Cormaic?) is classified as a 'Burial Ground', but may be regarded as an important early ecclesiastical site. A recent geophysical survey of the site (Greene 2013, 26-47) shows traces of a trivallate enclosure of which the burial ground is just the nucleus of a much more extensive early Christian foundation. Seven ogham stones were originally found at this site, at least one of which was broken up and re-used in the construction of a surrounding wall in the late 19th century (Macalister 1945, 26). One of the ogham stones, currently on display in the National Museum of Ireland, is a bilingual stone (rare in Ireland) with both an ogham inscription and one in Latin (CIIC. 19 Colbinstown I).
Monument
One of originally seven ogham stones, (1.0m x 0.50m x 0.28m) (converted from Macalister 1945, 28).
Text
'Very fine scores...set at an unusual slope with reference to the stemline. Only two vowel notches remain' (Macalister 1945, 28). Macalister's initial A, the second S and the M are unclear.
Locations
Found
discovered lying underneath one of revetment-slabs in the N of the graveyard (Macalister and Praeger 1929, 258) at Killeen Cormac in the townland of Colbinstown and barony of Narragh and Reban East. (GPS coordinates -6.760801, 53.028514)
Original
Find location possibly original site
Last Recorded
Re-erected close to where it was found in the graveyard. The present location of this stone may be accessed via the National Monuments Service Historic Environment viewer on www.archaeology.ie.
History of Recording
Discovered during excavation of the site in 1929 (Macalister and Praeger 1929, 257).
References
- Brash, R.R. (1874-1875): 'On the ogham-inscribed stones at Killeen Cormac', JRSAI 13, pp 165-82.
- FitzGerald, W. (1895): 'Killeen Cormac inscribed stones (note)', JRSAI 25, pp 380–2.
- Greene S. (2013): 'Killeen Cormac - the archaeology and history of a significant early Christian foundation', Journal of the Kildare Archaeological and Historical Society and Surrounding Districts 20, Part 3, pp 26-47.
- Macalister, R. A. S. (1897): Studies in Irish Epigraphy, 3 Vols., London. Part I, no. 5 , pp.
- Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): Corpus editionum insularum Celticarum, pp 28-9.
- Macalister, R. A. S. and Praeger, R. L. (1929): 'Report on excavation recently conducted in Killeen Cormac, Co. Kildare', PRIA C 38, pp 247-61.
- O'Donnell, M. G. (1997): 'Killeen Cormac, Co. Kildare', in Cleary, R. M., Hurley, M. F. And Twohig, E. A. (Eds.) Archaeological Excavations on the Cork-Dublin Gas Pipeline (1981-82), Cork Archaeological Studies No. 1, 61-64.
- Shearman, J. F. (1872–1873): 'Loca Patriciana.—No I Killeen Cormac', JRSAI 12, pp 339-52; pp 544–60.
Websites and Online Databases
- Gippert, J. (1997): Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text-und Sprachmateriale. Ogam-Inschriften: Bilderverzeichnis (picture catalogue). (2nd edition) University of Frankfurt: titus.uni-frankfurt.de/ogam/ogbildx.htm
- CISP (Celtic Inscribed Stones Project): www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database/
- MacShamhráin, A.: Monasticon Hibernicum database - Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland 5th to 12th Centuries: monasticon.celt.dias.ie
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