Ogham stones in University College Cork
The 27 ogham stones in University College Cork form the largest collection of ogham stones in Ireland . With the exception of one stone from County Waterford , all of them are from County Cork . It is located in the covered UCC's Stone Corridor on the north and west wings of the university building.
The collection also includes a millstone , a cross plate from the early Middle Ages, and a bowl stone about three to four thousand years old . Most of the stones were acquired in the last decades of the 19th century and were housed in the Royal Cork Institution from 1807 to 1861 . After their dissolution, the stones were transferred to what was then Queen's College Cork (today: University College Cork).
literature
- RAS Macalister: Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum. Vol. I. Stationery Office, Dublin 1945, pp. 9/10.
- Damien McManus: A Guide to Ogam. To Sagart, Maynooth 1991, ISBN 1-870684-17-6 , p. 79 and passim.
- Sabine Ziegler: The language of the old Irish Ogam inscriptions. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-525-26225-6 , p. 294.
Web links
- Homepage (English)
- Description and picture (English)
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 36.9 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 33.6" W.