Ogham Stone - Monataggart

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CIIIC 119. Monataggart II Monument, Co.Cork Artist: Unknown Date: Unknown Medium: Sandstone Dimensions: 0.91 x 0.39 x 0.11 meters Accession #: National Monuments Service Record Number - CO061-022003 Credit: Ogham 3D Site Type: Souterrain Description: At the end of a possible souterrain, about eighteen feet in length, five feet in width and five in depth, there were some wood ashes and the appearance of a small flue. (Quarry 1896, 382) Monument: One of four Ogam stones re-used in the construction of underground chambers (possible souterrain and possible long cist burial) at this site. One of two upright stones in souterrain (Quarry 1896, 382). Clayslate, broken in two, 0.91m x 0.39m x 0.11m (converted from Macalister 1945, 118). In October 2011 Kaaren Moffat, a UCC PhD student researching ogham stones, re-discovered yet another fragment from this stone. Macalister had only noted two fragments but, after checking the measurements of the fragments against Macalister's measurements, Kaaren realised that the third piece had broken away after Macalister had surveyed it. The third fragment is in fact the back of the top half and has the missing ends of the consonant scores (MQD). It has now been scanned and will shortly be added to the 3D model. Up on one angle. 'The first name is repeated in minute pinscrapes underneath its formal presentation in the finished inscription: presumably the lapidary's memorandum of the name which he had been commissioned to carve' (Macalister 1945, 119). Transcription: DALAGNI MAQI DALI Translation: Of Dallán son of Dall Commentary: This is one of the inscriptions listed by McManus (1991, 93-4) to be among the earliest in the corpus showing no trace of vowel affection. It may be dated to the first half, or the early second half, of the fifth century (McManus 1991, 97). Dall 'son of' is a common name in Irish records, and this inscription provides valuable information about the names and relationships of ancient Irish people. History of Recording: Found in 1872 by Mr. Patrick Cogan (Brash/Quarry) References: Brash, R.R. (1879): The Ogam inscribed monuments of the Gaedhilin the British Isles. London, pp 160-3. Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, p 116, pp 118-9. McManus, D. (1991): A guide to Ogam. Maynooth Monographs 4, pp 65, 94, 107, 112. Power, D. et al (1997): Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork. Dublin, pp 169-70. Quarry, J. (1896): 'Prehistoric remains still remaining in the parish of Donoughmore', JCHAS 2, pp 381-5, p. 382. Websites and Online Databases: Gippert, J. (1997): Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text-und Sprachmateriale. Ogam-Inschriften. University of Frankfurt: titus.uni-frankfurt.de/ogam/ CISP (Celtic Inscribed Stones Project):www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database/ https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Arraglen&stone=145._Arraglen&stoneinfo=description#MAC1945 http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/