| Corpus Refs: | none |
| Site: | KILGA |
| Discovery: | recognised, 2000 Cribben, G. _et al._ |
| History: | Moore/2001, 33: `the discovery was made when Gerry Bracken, Gerry Cribben, Jimmy Gilvary, Michael Murphy, Michael O'Sullivan and Noel O'Neill headed out on a day's fieldwork on Good Friday [2000] … In this course of the day a visit was made to the cemetery of Kilgarvan, where the undergrowth had recently disappeared owing to an enlightened graveyard clean-up undertaken by a discerning flock of sheep. In the course of examining the site … Gerry Cribben's eye was caught by a limestone pillar on which a series of strokes and notches were visible'. |
| Geology: | Moore/2001, 33, refers to the stone as both 'granite' and 'limestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 0.3 x 0.2 (Moore/2001) |
| Setting: | on ground |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | plain Moore/2001, 33: `The stone is a short pillar ... It is wedge-shaped in section ... It has an angular shape apart from the lower 40cm, which would originally have been buried when the stone was upright'. |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Moore, F. (2001): | [C]OTAGNI Expansion: COTAGNI Moore/2001 33 reading only |
| Moore, F. (2001): | DOTAGNI Expansion: DOTAGNI Moore/2001 33 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Moore/2001, 33: `As is usual with ogham stones, the inscritpion reads up the left side of the broad face, and the edge of the stone acts as an arris, or stemline, for the lettering.' |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 400 - 599 (Moore/2001) Moore/2001, 33: `The inscription dates from the fifth or sixth century'. |
| Language: | name only (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Moore/2001, 33: `The inscription is very clear … However, a slight spall in the stone at the start of the inscription could have removed two strokes'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | |
| Doubtful: | no |