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Ogham stone (present location)

County Dublin, Ireland

The record

County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.34396, -6.25661
SMR number
DU018-293----

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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

This ogham stone was discovered in a souterrain in a ringfort in Fortwilliam townland, Co Kerry (see KE021-138----) c. 1843 (Macalister 1945, 134, no. 137). It is now one of two ogham stones on display as part of the 'Book of Kells' exhibition in the Library, Trinity College, Dublin. Macalister (ibid.) read the inscription as: ANM VEDLLOIGGOI MACI SEDDOINI. (Toal 1995, 48, No. 29)

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 1 November 2016

McManus, D. 1991 A guide to ogam. Maynooth: Monographs 4. Maynooth. An Sagart.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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