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The bulk of the surviving ogham inscriptions stretch in an arc from County Kerry (especially Corcu Duibne) in the south of Ireland across to Dyfed in south Wales. The remainder are, for the most part, found in south-eastern Ireland, eastern and northern Scotland, the Isle of Man, and England around the Devon/Cornwall border. The vast majority ...
Ogham was also occasionally used for notes in manuscripts down to the 16th century. A modern ogham inscription is found on a gravestone dating to 1802 in Ahenny, County Tipperary. In Scotland, a number of inscriptions using the ogham writing system are known, but their language is still the subject of debate.
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These can be written in Ogham or Roman letters. Some stones have both Ogham and Roman inscriptions. The stones are found in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, the Isle of Man, and parts of western England (mainly Cornwall, Devon, and Lundy). [1] Most seem to be grave-markers or memorials to a dead individual.
A few have ogham inscriptions. Located in Scotland , mostly north of the Clyde - Forth line and on the Eastern side of the country, these stones are the most visible remaining evidence of the Picts and are thought to date from the 6th to 9th century, a period during which the Picts became Christianized.
The stone is made of slate and is 44 inches (1.1 m) long, by about 13 inches (0.33 m) in breadth and 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick with the inscription on the flat surface. In addition to the ogham letters, which are arranged down a centre line, there is a small cruciform mark near the top, which may be a runic letter or a Christian cross. It is ...
On the edges, more incisions were found, which looked closer to ogham runes; if so, this would make it a rare example of a bilingual stone. (There are three known bilingual stones, one in Ireland and two on the Isle of Man.) [4] However, the ogham inscriptions do not make linguistic sense, and may be pseudo-ogham runes. The uncertainty over the ...
Pictish stones in Angus, Scotland, a type of monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs.A few have ogham inscriptions.Located in Scotland, mostly north of the Clyde-Forth line and on the Eastern side of the country, these stones are the most visible remaining evidence of the Picts and are thought to date from the 6th to 9th century, a period during which the Picts ...