Ballycrovane Ogham Stone

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Ballycrovane Ogham Stone (CIIC 66) is an ogham stone and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.[2][3][4][5]

Location

Ballycrovane Ogham Stone stands in a field 4.3 km (2.7 mi) east-southeast of Ardgroom, overlooking Kenmare Bay.[6][7]

History

This is the tallest known Ogham stone, carved in the 4th–6th century AD.[8][3] The stone was probably placed on the site long before the carvings were made.[9]

Description

Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is a pillar of stone measuring 470 × 102 × 32 cm and has Ogham carvings incised on two edges.

᚛ᚋᚐᚊᚔ

MAQI-

ᚇᚓᚉᚉᚓᚇᚇᚐᚄ

DECCEDDAS

ᚐᚃᚔ

AVI

ᚈᚒᚏᚐᚅᚔᚐᚄ᚜

TURANIAS

᚛ᚋᚐᚊᚔᚇᚓᚉᚉᚓᚇᚇᚐᚄᚐᚃᚔᚈᚒᚏᚐᚅᚔᚐᚄ᚜

MAQI- DECCEDDAS AVI TURANIAS

"of Mac-Deichet Uí Thorna"[10][11]

References

  1. ↑"National Monuments of County Cork in State Care"(PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 3. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ↑"Ballycrovane Ogham Stone: Eyeries, Co Cork". Ireland Travel Kit.
  3. 12Hannon, Ed (8 September 2014). "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone, Cork, Ireland". Visions of the Past.
  4. ↑The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. Yorkshire Archæological Society. 1 January 1875 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑Ferguson, Sir Samuel (1 January 1887). Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. D. Douglas – via Internet Archive. ballycrovane ad.
  6. ↑"Ballycrovane Ogham Stone".
  7. ↑"Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society". The Society. 1 January 1894 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑"Ballycrovane Ogham Stone". Roaringwater Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. ↑Meehan, Cary (2004). Sacred Ireland. Somerset: Gothic Image Publications. p. 533. ISBN 0 906362 43 1.
  10. ↑"Ogham in 3D - Faunkill and the Woods / 66. Faunkill and the Woods".
  11. ↑Iles, Susanne (3 November 2007). "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone".