ogham stones
Notched Irish pillars
Ogham stones are upright stone monuments inscribed with ogham, an early medieval alphabet used primarily to write Old Irish.
The inscriptions typically appear as notches and lines carved along the stone's edges, usually recording names or commemorating the dead.
Most surviving examples, numbering around 400, are found in Ireland and western Britain, dating from roughly the 4th to 9th centuries.
The ogham stones along the Dingle Peninsula attract visitors interested in Celtic history.
- early medievalPost-antiquity, pre-High Middle Ages
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- epigraphyStudy of ancient inscriptions
- Celtic languagesInsular European tongue group
- Celtic heritageLegacy of ancient Britons
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- Ancient IrelandCelts, Gaels, druids, Tara, Brehon law
- Gaelic HistoryGaels, Celtic tribes, Brehon laws, clans, chieftains
- inscriptionsinscription, epitaph, ancient inscriptions, gravestone, rock inscriptions
- Irish AntiquitiesTara, dolmens, cairns, monastic ruins, round towers
- Irish ArtCeltic art, Celtic crosses, Celtic knots, Celtic knotwork, Celtic designs
- Oghamur, strokes, notches
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