Ballycrovane Ogham Stone

Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is a pillar of stone measuring 4.7metres tall, with ogham inscriptions carved onto it. Ogham is an ancient Irish alphabet and is our earliest written source for the Irish language. The ogham alphabet uses a script made of lines cut on, across, or either side of a central 'stem' line. These inscriptions were usually written vertically and are read from bottom to top. Th...