Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Seneschalstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seneschalstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66491, -6.56585
- SMR number
- ME026-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Discovered 'lying in a field near Seneschalstown House' (Macalister 1945, 45) this stone is in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-391----). The stone (2.24m x 0.76m x 0.33m) bears an 'inscription in two lines on the face, not on the edge (up-up)' which Macalister read as: MAQI-CAIRATINI AVI INEQAGLAS (ibid.). (Moore 1987, no. 1585)
This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=40
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 6 January 2015
References
Moore, M. 1987 Archaeological inventory of county Meath. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Font1 mi
- Architectural fragment1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.