Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Ballylion Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylion Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00907, -6.63353
- SMR number
- WI021-081----
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
This record relates to the original location of the ogham stone at Donard (WI021-004----). It was recorded by Price as originating 'just near' an uninscribed pillar stone (WI021-082----) in the townland of Ballylion Lower (Corlett and Weaver 2002, 541). Its original position is recorded by Macalister (1945, 52) as '1 foot 6 inches' (0.45m) from the standing stone. It is a rectangular block of stone (dims. 1.52m x 0.68m x 0.53m) now located in the village of Donard. Macalister (1897, 77) describes the inscription as 'much worn and damaged. . . After it turns on to the top nothing definite can be stated'. He read the inscription as IAQINI KOI MAQI MUC ... .' (Macalister 1945, 52, no. 48)
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=48
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 28 August 2016
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Heighington, W. 1920 On Donard, County Wicklow. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 9, 387-9.
Corlett, C. and Weaver, M. (eds) 2002 The Price Notebooks. 2 vols. Dúchas the Heritage Service. Dublin.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1897 Studies in Irish Epigraphy. A collection of revised readings of the ancient inscriptions of Ireland, with Introduction and Notes. London.
Walshe, P.T. 1931 The antiquities of the Dunlavin-Donard district. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 61, 113-41.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.