Ogham Stone in Ballyquin, County Waterford

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Situated on a broad hill, standing just inside a gateway. A conglomerate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.9m x 0.5m; H 2.5m) and a pointed top. It is oriented NNW-SSE, with an irregular profile at N caused by ancient damage. An ogham inscription was added to the SW edge of stone, and has been read by Macalister (1945, 292, no. 303) as CATABAR MOCO VIRICORB. A Man-made underground passage (WA003-077----) was discovered nearby. (Moore 1999, no. 1483) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 21 July 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA003-032

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