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Ogham stone (present location)

Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ogham stone (present location), Enniscorthy, County Wexford, 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
Enniscorthy
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.50145, -6.56715
SMR number
WX020-031014-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

An ogham stone (dims. c. 0.85m x c. 0.23m x c. 0.22m) was recovered from an unknown location on the Great Saltee Island (Macalister 1925). The inscription has been read as: LONAMNI AVI BARI Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 48). It is now in the County Wexford Museum, Enniscorthy.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upoad: 6 June, 2012

References

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

Macalister, R.A.S. 1925 Miscellanea: Ogham stone on Saltee Islands. Jounal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 55, 138.

Nearby in the register

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

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