| Cloghanecarhan | |
| Native Name: | Clochán Cárthainn |
| Native Language: | ga |
| Elevation: | 78m (256feet) |
| Coordinates: | 51.8884°N -10.184°W |
| Location: | Cloghanecarhan, Caher, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Built: | c. AD 600 |
| Owner: | state[1] |
| Type: | ogham and ringfort |
| Designation1: | National Monument of Ireland |
| Designation1 Offname: | Cloghanecarhan Ringfort & Ogham Stone |
| Designation1 Number: | 228 |
Cloghanecarhan is a ringfort and ogham stone (CIIC 230) forming a National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland.[2]
Cloghanecarhan lies on the western end of the Iveragh Peninsula, south-southeast of Cahersiveen.[3]
The ogham stone was erected some time in the Middle Ages; based on the grammar, it is a late inscription, c. AD 600.[4] Next to it is a stone cashel used for later Christian burials.
The ogham stone originally stood at the east entrance of the ringfort but now lies to the north. It is slate, 208 × 38 × 18 cm. The inscription reads EQQẸGGNỊ [MA]Q̣[I] ṂẠQI-CAṚATTỊNN ("'of Ec...án? son of Mac-Cáirthinn"); this is overwritten on an earlier inscription, D[... ]A[.C.] AVI DALAGNI [MAQI C--</small>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Cloghanecarhan&stone=230._Cloghanecarhan&stoneinfo=description|title=Ogham in 3D – Cloghanecarhan / 230. Cloghanecarhan|website=ogham.celt.dias.ie|access-date=21 August 2017|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822054404/https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Cloghanecarhan&stone=230._Cloghanecarhan&stoneinfo=description|url-status=live}}</ref> The same name, in the form MAQI-CAIRATINI, appears on an ogham stone in Painestown (CIIC 40), and it means "devotee of the [[Sorbus aucuparia|rowan]]."[5] [6] The first element of the townland name could mean either "ford of stepping-stones" (there is a small stream, the Direen, to the east) or to a stone beehive hut, such as is found in the cashel.
The ringfort was known locally as 'Keeldarragh'; it is circular and enclosed by a bank with entrance at east and "pillars" at the west end. Inside is a circular hut, three leachta, a souterrain and a cross slab.