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At a glance
- TypeOgham stone
- Date or period mentionedmedieval
- Recorded sizemax H 1.51m; max. W 0.43m; D 0.33
- Condition (as surveyed)Gone: no visible trace
What to look for
- Ogham inscription
- Cross carved
- Now in a church or museum
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
Found in the foundations of the chancel of the medieval parish church of St Mary's Gowran (KK020-060006-), when the chancel was demolished in 1827 to make way for a C of I church (Brash 1872-3; 437; Dolan 2000, vol. 3, 112). The ogham stone (max H 1.51m; max. Wth 0.43m; D 0.33) bears a 'large cross potent, crookedly set out [and] cut on the original base of the inscribed face . . .
Full archaeological record 126 words
Found in the foundations of the chancel of the medieval parish church of St Mary's Gowran (KK020-060006-), when the chancel was demolished in 1827 to make way for a C of I church (Brash 1872-3; 437; Dolan 2000, vol. 3, 112). The ogham stone (max H 1.51m; max. Wth 0.43m; D 0.33) bears a 'large cross potent, crookedly set out [and] cut on the original base of the inscribed face . . . Inscription cut, on two edges (up-up) and though chipped in places, on the whole in quite good condition' (Macalister 1945, 38, no. 32). Macalister recorded the inscription as: MAQI-ERAC[I]AS [MA]QI DIMAQ[A] MUC[OI-- and McManus (1997, 66) as: [MAQI]-ERAC[IAS] [MAQI] D[I]M[A]Q[A] MUC[O--.
It is currently on display in the former C of I church.
References
- Date of revised upload: 14 August 2019
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Nora White and Jean Farrelly. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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