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Ogham stone

Kilgrovan, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone, Kilgrovan, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilgrovan
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.08983, -7.54991
SMR number
WA031-045002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This stone (recorded as 'greenstone', 1.19 x 0.37 x 0.05m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery (WA021-003001-). The inscription has been read as: [CU]NAMAQI LUGUDECA MUC[OI] CUNEA (Macalister 1945, 281, no. 286). (Moore 1999, 1493)

Compiled by: Nora White

Date of upload: 8 August 2016

References

Moore, M. 1999 Archaeological inventory of county Waterford. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Brash, R.R. 1868-9b Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 10, 438-9.

Brash, R.R. 1879 The ogam inscribed monuments of the gaedhil in the British Islands. London. George Bell and Sons.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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