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Ogham stone

Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone, Ballingarry, County Limerick, 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
Ballingarry
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Ogham Stone (1928)
Coordinates
52.38500, -8.36808
SMR number
LI049-112----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This stone was found standing in a field beside Ballingarry House. It is red sandstone, 1.47 x 0.46 x 0.275 (converted from Macalister 1945) and bears the inscription: MAILAGNI MAQI GAMATI, pocked on the sinister edge of the S face. (Macalister 1945, 253-4, no. 258)

See attached screenshots of 3D model of the Ogham Stone created by archaeology.ucc. 3D model can be accessed at the Sketchfab website: https://skfb.ly/MzzG

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 16 September 2016

References

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

Crawford, H.S. 1906: On an ogham stone in County Limerick. J. Roy. Soc. Antiq. Ireland 36, 47–50.

Nearby in the register

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

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