Standing stone in Oghambaun

In pasture, c. 70m NW of a rath (SL038-037----). According to local information, an upright pillar stone stood here within living memory. There are now no visible remains of this stone. Local information also relates that this was an ogham stone from which the townland name was derived though Joyce ([1913], vol. 3, 527) translates Ogham in a place-name context as ' Eo-cham, crooked yew-tree'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008