| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:114 Power/etal/1997:7971 |
| Site: | KNWEE |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1910 Cremin & Murphy |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 112, 114: `In 1911 a souterrain was found in this townland with Oghams, indecipherable in their then position, on some of the lintels. Two years later the cave was dismantled, and the stones moved to University College Cork, where they now stand. Of the ten long stones used in the construction -- eight lintels and two supporting uprights -- six were found to be inscribed...[this stone was] the second lintel from the inner end of the souterrain'. Power et al/1997, 169: `One of six ogham stones...used in the construction of souterrain (8910), discovered in 1910 and removed to UCC, where they remain'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 114: `slate flag'. |
| Dimensions: | 2.8 x 0.6 x 0.15 (Power/etal/1997) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | University College Cork |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 114: `A very rough slate flag...it was broken into two fragments...which made the support of No. II [KNWEE/2] necessary. This was probably the work of the fort-builders, for the purpose of making this very heavy stone easily transported: the middle piece is missing, as is also the top'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 114: `broken into two fragments...the middle piece is missing, as is also the top'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | GRIMIGGN[--]ICERC[.-- Expansion: GRIMIGGN[I MAQ]I CERC[C-- Macalister/1945 114 reading only Power/etal/1997 169 listing |
| McManus, D. (1991): | GR[I--]GN[--]CERC[-- Expansion: GR[I--]GN[--]CERC[-- McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | cut Macalister/1945, 114: `scores like knife-cuts'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 114: `though in fair condition it proved to be the most difficult of the whole series [from Knockshanawee] to decipher'. McManus/1991, 66: `In the cases of the following Irish inscriptions I had greater difficulty reading one or more letters (indicated in low case) but I would hesitate to reject Macalister's reading...GRI..GN...CERC..'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |