CIIC 212. Kilcoolaght East VII, Co. Kerry

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National Monuments Service Record Number: KE065-003009-

'Kilcoolaght Burial Ground/Cill Chuallachta (KE065-003001-): This site is located N of Macgillycuddy's Reeks on slightly elevated ground, a short distance W of the Finglas river. Described as a 'fort' and a 'burial ground' in the OSNB (Killorglin, 38), it is depicted on the first edition of the OS map as a small circular enclosure. It was described by Brash (1879, 228) as 'slightly raised above the level of the field, and about fifteen feet in diameter; it had evidently been much larger, but has been encroached on . . . [It] is an irregular circle without any fence, and stuck full of Dallans, from 12 in. to 4 ft. in height, several of which are inscribed’. Brash also recorded a tradition that a church (KE065-003003-) formerly stood on a rectangular area of untilled ground ‘a few yards from the cilleen'. No trace of this church is now apparent' (O'Sullivan et al 1996, no. 950).

Monument

'A fragment of a close-grained straitified stone... with remains of two lines of writing, on angles diametrically opposed'. 0.76m x 0.14m x 0.10m, (converted from Macalister 1945, 205). This and a second fragment (CIIC 210) 'were regarded by Macalister as derived from two separate stones (1945, 204-5). However, both join to form a portion of a single stone that measures 1.24m x .11m x .09m' (O'Sullivan et al 1996, no. 950).

Text

'The H-surfaces of both angles, with the angles themselves, are split away; nothing remains but an L belonging to one line, and the B-half of an M belonging to another' (Macalister 1945, 205).

Transliteration

[ ̣ ̣ ? ̣ ̣]L[ ̣ ̣ ? ̣ ̣

̣ ̣ ? ̣ ̣]Ṃ[ ̣ ̣ ? ̣ ̣]

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Commentary

Locations

Found

along with a number of other ogham stones and fragments in a small area of a field (recorded as a burial ground) in the townland of Kilcoolaght East and barony of Dunkerron North. (GPS coordinates -9.745808, 52.073955)

Original

Find location possibly original site

Last Recorded

In a modern enclosure in a large field on private land. The present location of this stone may be accessed via the National Monuments Service Historic Environment viewer on www.archaeology.ie.