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Ogham Stone is an early Christian ogham stone located in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ogham stones are monumental inscriptions carved in the ogham alphabet, a script consisting of notches and lines arranged along a central edge or angle. This example dates to the early Christian period, when such stones served as territorial markers and memorials across Ireland and western Britain. The inscription, read along the stone's edge, would originally have recorded a personal name and genealogy in the Irish language.
The stone stands on bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff formed during the Palaeogene period, part of the extensive volcanic geology that characterises this region of Antrim. This ancient igneous landscape provided both the geological setting and the durable stone suitable for carving such monuments. The local geology has thus shaped both the practical possibility and the archaeological character of the site.
The Ogham Stone is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Northern Ireland Executive as a scheduled monument under reference number 4472. It represents an important survival of early medieval Celtic culture and literacy, preserving evidence of the Irish-speaking Christian community that flourished in this part of Ulster during the first centuries after the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.
Ogham stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4472. View the official record →
Ogham Stone is an early Christian ogham stone located in Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4472.
Ogham stone dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a ogham stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ogham stone is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 4472.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enis-garden, inis-garden, inis-draicrenn, inis-daircairgren, the church of lennewy?. early christian monastery, round tower & church site (3.8 km), Rath (4.8 km), Motte (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ogham stone's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ogham stone stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.