Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Dromore, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromore
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ogham Stones
- Coordinates
- 52.07435, -7.84774
- SMR number
- WA029-042003-
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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
Two ogham stones are built into a wall at the burial ground of Cill Tire at Dromore (WA029-042002-). This stone, recorded as 'slate, with conspicuous quartz veins' (1.32 x 0.51 x 0.13m converted from Macalister 1945), has been read as: COLLABOT MUCOI LUGA MAQI LOBACCONA by Macalister (1945, 262-3, no. 266). (Moore 1999, no. 1486)
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: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=266
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 1 August 2016
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 37/1934).
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1935b The excavation of Kiltera, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 43C, 1-16.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Moore, M. 1999 Archaeological inventory of county Waterford. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Brash, R.R. 1872-9 On an ogham inscribed stone at Kiltera, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 15C, 4-7.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.