CIIC 278. Drumlohan VII, Co. Waterford
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Site Type
Souterrain/Ecclesiastical
Description
Site
Souterrain discovered on removing the outer bank at NW of an Early ecclesiastical site. Ten ogham stones were used in the construction of the rectangular chamber (Moore 1999, 151, 172-3) - five as lintels, which are now removed and placed upright beside the souterrain, and five as lining stones for the sides, which are still in position.
Monument
'The third lining-stone on the eastern side'. Greenstone, 1.24m x 0.27m x 0.22m (converted from Macalister 1945, 274).
Text
'Inscription chiselled on two angles (up-down). The beginning is chipped away: it must have contained a short name, spelt with H-consonants only. The top of the stone is also gone, and with it the middle of the second name...one score of the letter here suggested to be a T remains. ' (Macalister 1945, 274).
Transliteration
Commentary
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'The Waterford name Neta-Segamonas is excluded, as it would have been preceded by MUCOI' (Macalister 1945, 274).
Locations
Found
Re-used as the third lining stone on the eastern side of the souterrain (Macalister 1945, 274) in townland of Drumlohan and barony of Decies without Drum. (GPS coordinates -7.465370, 52.163318)
Original
Unknown
Last Recorded
Still within the souterrain on site at Drumlohan. 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 in 1867 and identified by William Williams of Dungarvan, but ogham inscriptions not fully read until souterrain was dismantled in 1936 (Macalister 1945, 267).
References
- Kirwan, E. M. (1987): 'Drumlohan: A survey of its antiquities', Decies 35, pp 33-40.
- Kirwan, E. M. (1985): 'The Ogham stones at Drumlohan, reconsidered', Decies 28, pp 6–12.
- Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, pp 267-70, 274.
- McManus, D. (1991): A guide to ogam. Maynooth Monographs 4, pp .
- Moore, M. (1999): Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford. Dublin, pp 151, 172-3.
- Rhys, J. (1899): 'The Drumlohan ogams', JRSAI 29, pp 390-403.
- Williams, W. (1868-9):'On an ogham chamber at Drumloghan, in the County of Waterford', JRSAI 10, 35-9
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/
- Monasticon Hibernicum database - Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland 5th to 12th Centuries: monasticon.celt.dias.ie
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