Drumlohan basement and ogham stones

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The basement and the ogham stones of Drumlohan ( Irish Drom Lócháin ), a townland in County Waterford in Ireland , are north of the village of Stradbally, 13.5 km from Dungarvan .

The basement was discovered in the 1860s when the wall of an early church enclosure was removed . Scientists later found traces of an early monastery on the site.

description

In the case of basements , a distinction is made between “earth-cut”, “rock-cut”, “mixed”, “stone built” and “wooden” (e.g. Coolcran, County Fermanagh ). The basement is only 3.5 m long, 1.5 m wide and has a maximum height of 1.2 m. It was built from orthostats . Ten ogham stones with heights between 1.65 and 0.97 m, widths between 0.66 and 0.27 m and thicknesses between 0.3 and 0.2 m were used as lintels or lateral bearing stones. Five of the Ogham stones were left in the side structure, the other five were placed next to the basement in 1936.

Ogham stones were found as building material in 44 Irish basements, 15 alone in the basement of Ballyknock, County Cork . In Dunloe , near Killarney , eight ogham stones were found built into the same structure. This shows that the basement was built when the Ogham stones used were no longer honored.

purpose

The purpose of the basement is not entirely unknown since the Windwick excavation. Interpretations as defensive structures, stables or storage facilities were rejected. Most likely a cultic function.

Basement goods

Finds in basement are rare. However, found in several, e.g. B. Downview, in Westpark, near Belfast , flat pottery which, although undated, appears to date from early Christian times in the northeastern part of the island. It is called Basement Ware , although it is more numerous in ring forts like Lissue and Ballyaghagan in County Antrim and in Crannógs like that in Lough Faughan in County Down or in settlements.

See also

literature

  • Mark Clinton: The Souterrains of Ireland , 2001, ISBN 1-869857-49-6
  • EM Kirwan: Drumlohan: A survey of its antiquities Decies 35, 1987 pp. 33-40.
  • EM Kirwan: The Ogham stones at Drumlohan, reconsidered Decies 28, 1985 pp. 6-12.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cornell University Library: Ogham inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland . Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1887 ( archive.org [accessed April 25, 2020]).
  2. ^ Ian Armit: The abandonment of Souterrains: evolution, catastrophe or dislocation? In: Proc Soc Antiq Scot . tape 129 (1999) , pp. 577-596 ( online [PDF]).

Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 46.2 "  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 53.6"  W.