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Ogham stone in Monataggart

Ogham stone

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One of two ogham stones (0.9m; 0.4m x 0.1m) discovered in Man-made underground passage (CO061-022001-) where it formed part of the 'upright stones' (Quarry 1896, 382); purchased by the Royal Irish Academy and now part of collection of National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-367----). According to Macalister (1945, 118-9, no. 119), broken in two but 'the reading is quite clear and certain'; he gave this as DALAGNI MAQI DALI. (Power 1997, 169-70, no. 7979) This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=119 Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 31 December 2014

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