| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:117 Power/etal/1997:7974 |
| Site: | KNWEE |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1910 Cremin & Murphy |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 112, 116, `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 eighth lintel'. 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, 116: `clay-slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 0.8 x 0.25 (Power/etal/1997) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | University College Cork |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 116: `The shape of the stone is very irregular'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 116: `The top has been broken off by the fort-builders'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | COLLOS[-- Expansion: COLLOS[-- Macalister/1945 116 reading only |
| McManus, D. (1991): | COLLI Expansion: COLLI McManus/1991 67 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 116: `The letters are...on the left-hand angle and occupy eleven inches'. |
| Incision: | rubbed Macalister/1945, 116: `The letters are rubbed'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 116: `the S injured by flaking: its distal ends remain, and preclude the reading COLLI, which at first sight might seem possible'. McManus/1991, 66--67: `117 COLLOS: My reading was COLLI (see also Harvey (1987))'. |
| Legibility: | poor |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |