What is recorded here
Ogham Stones is an ogham stone (present location) in Mountmelleray, County Waterford, Ireland. One of five stones from the church site of Kilgrovan, it is currently displayed in the Buaille na gCuimhnte exhibition at Mount Mellaray Abbey. Recorded as greenstone, the slab measures roughly 1.2 metres by 0.35 metres with a thickness of about 5 centimetres. Its inscription, read by Macalister, appears as [CU]NAMAQI LUGUDECA MUC[OI] CUNEA.
Five ogham stones from the church site of Kilgrovan (WA031-045001-) are presently displayed in the Buaille na gCuimhnte - the Corner of Memories - exhibition at Mount Mellaray Abbey. This stone (see WA031-045002-) has been recorded as 'greenstone' (dims. c. 1.2m x c. 0.35m; T c. 5cm) and the inscription has been read by Macalister (1945, 281, no. 286) as: [CU]NAMAQI LUGUDECA MUC[OI] CUNEA. (Moore 1999, 1493)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 9 August 2016
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- Recorded monument
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