What is recorded here

Clear water flows through Churchclara, past red sandstone ogham stones buried in the church wall. One sits horizontally beside the north doorway, its marks still visible above ground. The chamber belongs to Ogham, not Eochu.

One of two red sandstone ogham stones incorporated into the fabric of Clara medieval church (KK020-017001-). The first of these (KK020-017003-) functions as an inserted sill of the window in the E gable. This second stone (dims. 1.14m x 0.23m), discovered in the 1970s (Manning and Moore 1997, 370-372), is situated just above present ground level in the external face of the N wall of the nave, immediately E of the N doorway and in a horizontal position. The inscription was read by Manning and Moore (ibid) as G[E]LAGN[I] [A]V[I] ... . Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 28 April 2016

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