Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.