Ogham stone in Kilgrovan

One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This stone (recorded as 'slate', 1.8 x 0.53 x 0.15m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery (WA021-003003-). The inscription has been read by Macalister (1945, 283-4, no. 288) as: DEBRAN[I] MAQI ELTI [A]V[I] [O]GA[TO]S. However, he notes that many of the vowel notches, in particular, are lost and that missing letters have been 'restored by a consideration of the spaces available'. (Moore 1999, 1493) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 9 August 2016