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Cloonmorris : Ogham Stone

CountyLeitrim
Grid RefN 083 853
GPSN 08299 85280 (8m)
Longitude7° 52' 26.34" W
Latitude53° 49' 1.01" N
Nearest TownRoosky (3.9 Km)
OS Sheet33
UTM zone29U
UTM x574131.83193721
UTM y5963743.4106262
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th May 2004

This is County Leitrim's only ogham stone so you have to give it a fair go. Unfortunately it's one of the most worn examples I have ever seen!

It is set in a cement cube just inside the gate to the graveyard in the north wall.

Apparently one of the two inscriptions was readable at one time as "QENUVEN". The other seems to have been deliberately defaced. The sign next to it suggests that this could have been some Christian vandalism, because it held the name of a pagan god, but this is unlikely as not many ogham stones have the names of gods on them.

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