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Ogham stone

Churchclara, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone, Churchclara, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Churchclara
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65548, -7.14610
SMR number
KK020-017010-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

One of two red sandstone ogham stones incorporated into the fabric of Clara medieval church (KK020-017001-). The first of these (KK020-017003-) functions as an inserted sill of the window in the E gable. This second stone (dims. 1.14m x 0.23m), discovered in the 1970s (Manning and Moore 1997, 370-372), is situated just above present ground level in the external face of the N wall of the nave, immediately E of the N doorway and in a horizontal position. The inscription was read by Manning and Moore (ibid) as G[E]LAGN[I] [A]V[I] ... .

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 28 April 2016

References

Manning, C. and Moore, F. 1997 A second ogham stone at Clara. In Peritia 11, 370-72.

Nearby in the register

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

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