Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Churchclara, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.