Ballycrovane Ogham Stone
Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is a tall standing stone in County Cork bearing an ogham inscription. It has been enrolled as a National Monument.
The stone is to be found near Ballycrovane in County Cork, in a field three mles east-southeast of Ardgroom, overlooking Kenmare Bay.[1][2] It was carved in the 4th–6th century AD.[3]
The Ballycrovane stone is the tallest known ogham stone in Ireland. It is a pillar of stone measuring 15 feet tall by three feet wide and 1 foot thick. The Ogham carvings are incised on two edges, reading:
References
- ↑ "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone". http://www.megalithicireland.com/Ballycrovane%20Ogham%20Stone.html.
- ↑ "Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society". The Society. 1 January 1894. https://books.google.com/books?id=c45HAQAAMAAJ&q=ballycrovane.
- ↑ "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone". Roaringwater Journal. https://roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/ballycrovane-ogham-stone/. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ogham in 3D - Faunkill and the Woods / 66. Faunkill and the Woods". https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=Faunkill_and_the_Woods&stone=66._Faunkill_and_the_Woods&stoneinfo=description.
- ↑ Iles, Susanne (3 November 2007). "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone". https://ringofbeara.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/ballycrovane-ogham-stone/.
- "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone: Eyeries, Co Cork". Ireland Travel Kit. http://www.irelandtravelkit.com/ballycrovane-ogham-stone-eyeries-co-cork/.</ref>
- Hannon, Ed (8 September 2014). "Ballycrovane Ogham Stone, Cork, Ireland". Visions of the Past. https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2014/09/08/ballycrovane-ogham-stone-co-cork/.
- The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. Yorkshire Archæological Society.. 1 January 1875. https://books.google.com/books?id=5J1QAQAAIAAJ&q=ballycrovane%20ad&pg=PA389.
- Ferguson, Sir Samuel (1 January 1887). Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. D. Douglas. https://archive.org/details/cu31924029795469. "ballycrovane ad."