Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ballyvellon, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvellon
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18386, -7.22402
- SMR number
- WA026-002001-
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
Situated on level ground SE of enclosure site (WA26-002002-). It was described as top-heavy (dims. c. 0.75m x c. 0.45m; H c. 2m) with an ogham inscription that was read by Macalister (1945, 291, no. 302) as CUMNI MAQI MUCOI VALUVI. It had been removed by 1907 (Power 1907c, 378). (Moore 1999, 1484)
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 28 July 2016
References
Power, Rev. P. 1896 On an ogham inscribed pillar stone recently discovered. Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Journal 2, 170-75.
Power, Rev. P. 1907 The placenames of the Decies. London. Nutt.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.