Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Boleycarrigeen, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boleycarrigeen
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.94430, -6.61389
- SMR number
- WI027-038002-
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
National Monument in state guardianship No. 418. Situated on a marked SE-facing slope in forestry. 'Discovered by Mr. L. Price, D.J., in the rampart of the ringfort [WI027-038----] of this townland called Crossoona' (Macalister 1945, 54, no. 50) this stone (0.76m x 0.30m x 0.28m) bears the following ogham inscription: VOTI. (Corlett and Weaver 2002, 114)
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=50
Compiled by: Nora White
Date of upload: 3 September 2016
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 105/1940).
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Grogan, E. and Kilfeather, A. (comp). 1997 Archaeological inventory of County Wicklow. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Corlett, C. and Weaver, M. (eds) 2002 The Price Notebooks. 2 vols. Dúchas the Heritage Service. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - embankedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.