Ogham stone, Kilcaskan, Co. Cork
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In a quiet corner of Kilcaskan graveyard in County Cork, just south-east of the old church, a slender upright stone carries a message that has been partially lost for centuries.
It stands 1.2 metres tall and barely wider than a hand, and along its edges run the notched marks of an ogham inscription, the early medieval Irish writing system in which letters are represented by lines and scores cut along a central stemline. The stone has not survived intact: its top is broken off, and with it has gone the middle portion of whatever name or formula was once carved there.
Ref: CO13631
04-Essential
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Pete F
Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1992 (Reprint 2003) Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 1: West Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.