What is recorded here
On a SE-facing slope, E of Saddle Hill, in the centre of a large field. A large grit pillar (H 2.1m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.5m) with an ogham inscription on both edges of the W face, which has 'suffered badly from cattle and weather-wear' (Macalister 1945, 36, no. 31). Macalister transcribed the inscription as: DRUGNO MAQI MUCOI [--] NAMI (ibid.).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK029-020
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- What survives
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- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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