Corkagh beg
The stone pillar of Corkagh beg ( Irish An Chorcach Bheag ), discovered in 1976, stands west of Ballysadare in County Sligo in Ireland on the raised area of a presumably plowed council .
The stone pillar is 1.5 m high with a maximum width of 0.34 m at the base. On the west side there is a simple flat incised Latin cross in the lower part of the column.
There are two at the base of the stone column Oghamsteine , while in the north, where until 1984 there was a house, a vanished today Bullaun was.
The stones first mentioned in 1983 by Martin Timoney lie at the base of the stone pillar. Two are inscribed.
Ogham Stone 1
Stone 1 is an approximately rectangular stone about 1.93 m long and 0.43 m wide at the square end. At the other pointed or rounded end, the width is 0.32 m. The inscription begins 0.65 m from the narrow end on the edge of the stone. The first four letters of the inscription are clearly legible: MACI. The next letters are separated by small columns. Read together this results in: MACI C AS ..... G .... IM Timoney later revised this interpretation several times. In 2002 the stone was revisited without any clarity obtained. The investigation shows only one legible word: MACI although there are traces of other letters. The position of the word MACI at the beginning of the inscription makes it likely that the word was used in the sense of devotees or rather as a son. The spelling says that the stone was carved in the later 5th or 6th century AD.
Ogham Stone 2
Oghamstein 2 is located immediately east of stone 1 and is approx. 1.90 m in length and 0.30 m - 0.28 m in width. The inscription consists of seven clear lines and runs down on the eastern side. It is read as: A ... DQ l. It is believed that the stone was carved in the later 5th century AD.
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- Description Engl. and picture
- Description Engl. and picture Ogham 1
- Description Engl. and picture Ogham 2
Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 40 " N , 8 ° 44 ′ 25" W.