What is recorded here

A tall ogham stone stood at Mountrivers when a flourmill fell away around 1840, revealing marks that belonged to an older world. People crossed the Delehinagh river on its broad back until 1851, when it was set upright beside St. Olan's holy well. Its name is worn, but Madora daughter of Dego may still be hiding in the scratches, waiting for hands patient enough to read her back into the world.

One of two ogham stones (see also CO061-079004-) found when a flourmill was demolished c. 1840 on the site of a possible ringfort (CO061-079001-). This is the original location of the ogham stone (H 2.4m x 0.8m x 0.15m) (present location CO061-089001-). It was used as a foot-bridge over the Delehinagh river (Hartnett 1939, 74) until 1851, when it was erected nearby beside St. Olan's holy well (CO061-089002-), where it remains today (Macalister 1945, 120, no. 122). Inscription worn and damaged but read by Macalister (ibid.) as MADORA MAQI DEGO. (Power et al. 1997, no. 7962) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 5 March 2016

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