Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ogham stone
Cotts, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cotts
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallain, Ogham Stone
- Coordinates
- 52.21704, -6.43194
- SMR number
- WX048-039001-
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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
Situated on a gently rolling landscape. Two monoliths placed 0.9m apart form a line oriented N-S. The N stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.6m x 0.5m; H 1.15m) has a possible ogham inscription on one angle close to the flat top. It has been read as: IARNI (Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 48-9). The S stone has a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.68m x 0.44m; H 1.03m) with a rounded top. Both stones are of a conglomerate stone with quartz. The area around them was excavated by Macalister with no result (1921, 77).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 07 January 2014
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1921 The ogham stone at the Cotts, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 51, 77.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.