Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Fiddaun Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fiddaun Upper
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52261, -7.03786
- SMR number
- KK029-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a SE-facing slope, E of Saddle Hill, in the centre of a large field. A large grit pillar (H 2.1m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.5m) with an ogham inscription on both edges of the W face, which has 'suffered badly from cattle and weather-wear' (Macalister 1945, 36, no. 31). Macalister transcribed the inscription as: DRUGNO MAQI MUCOI [--] NAMI (ibid.).
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 3 May 2016
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.