Ogham stone, County Wicklow

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Read the whole record

Two fragments of one large granite stone found in the neighbourhood of Baltinglass (Macalister 1945, 53-4, no. 49) and bearing the remnants of the following inscription(s). Fragment 1 (0.67m x 0.57m x 0.24m) : [ . . ? . . ]CCI MAQ[ . . ? . . ] Fragment 2 (0.67m x 0.51m x 0.03m) : [ . . ? . .]INI[ . . ? . . ] The stone was evidently deliberately broken up for use in wall building. The stones are in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-256----). (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, no. 1005) 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/stone.php?lang=en&site=National_Museum&stone=49._Baltinglass Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 3 September 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI027-079

Places near here

Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
Trevor Littlewood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, ro.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in BoleylugFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 382 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boleylug took exactly four thousand cups of tea to build, which explains why it’s so…

Kilranelagh GraveyardGraveyard · 1128 yd

Explorer Tom Kilranelagh Graveyard would order the biggest portion of chips they could possibly get, extra thick, with gravy that is…

Kilranelagh Church in ruinsChurch · 1160 yd

Explorer Tom Kilranelagh Church in Colvinstown Upper is playing hide-and-seek with me. A tale from 1846 says an earl built it, but…

Fairy fort / ringfort in KilranelaghFairy fort / ringfort · 1217 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / ringfort in Kilranelagh thinks Dublin tourists are loud, rude, and smell strongly of overpriced coffee. It…

Kilranelagh HouseCountry house · 1346 yd

Explorer Tom Kilranelagh House has a bowed bay window that looks like it’s judging your life choices. The seagulls have started a…

Anomalous stone group in Colvinstown UpperAnomalous stone group · 1399 yd

Explorer Tom Anomalous stone group in Colvinstown Upper is basically twenty big white quartz boulders having a very serious meeting…

Mapped graveyardGraveyard · 1518 yd

Explorer Tom A fiddler once played here all night long without stopping, and the graveyard still hasn’t forgiven him for the noise…

Ecclesiastical enclosure in Coolinarrig UpperEcclesiastical enclosure · 1520 yd

Explorer Tom Ecclesiastical enclosure in Coolinarrig Upper is proud that its church ruins are the only thing inside it that matters.…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Colvinstown LowerFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1726 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort in Colvinstown Lower is sick of being asked if it’s haunted because it’s just a bit damp and spooky-looking…

Saint Brigid's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 1.1 mi

Explorer Tom Saint Brigid's Catholic Church in Talbotstown Upper is throwing a Classical party when everyone else in town is doing…

Enclosure in KelshaEnclosure · 1.3 mi

Explorer Tom Enclosure in Kelsha has a bad poem written about it somewhere that rhymes 'bank' with 'thank', and frankly, I don't…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Spinans MiddleFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.7 mi

Explorer Tom Fairy fort in Spinans Middle is humming a low tune at night because it knows it’s got the best ridge and furrow views…

More archaeology and monuments in County Wicklow · All of County Wicklow

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover