What is recorded here
Situated on level ground in forestry. Granite monolith, narrower at the base than at the top (H 2.37m; Wth 2.03m (top) - 1.02m (base); T 0.58m) with long axis aligned E-W. There is an ogham inscription on NE edge which reads MAQI NILI (Macalister 1945, 54-5, no. 51). (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, no. 184)
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/search.php?ciic=51
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 3 September 2016
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 135/1940).
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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