Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone (present location)
Mountmelleray, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountmelleray
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ogham Stones
- Coordinates
- 52.18735, -7.85631
- SMR number
- WA021-003003-
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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
Five ogham stones from the church site of Kilgrovan (WA031-045001-) are presently displayed in the Buaille na gCuimhnte - Corner of Memories - exhibition at Mount Melleray Abbey. This stone (see WA031-045004-) has been recorded as slate (see dims. 1.8m x 0.53m; T 0.15m) and the inscription has been read by Macalister (1945, 283-4, no. 288) as: DEBRAN[I] MAQI ELTI [A]V[I] [O]GA[TO]S. However, he notes that many of the vowel notches, in particular, are lost and that missing letters have been 'restored by a consideration of the spaces available'. (Moore 1999, 1493)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 9 August 2016
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Moore, M. 1999 Archaeological inventory of county Waterford. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.