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Ogham stone found in Coventry garden

Stokkie

Stokkie

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An 11 cm Ogham inscribed stone found in a garden and now exhibited at the Herbert Art Gallery. Ogham was an early alphabet mainly used to inscribe names on stones, before early Irish adopted Latin script.https://www.theguardian.com/science...ancient-ogham-writing-ireland-coventry-garden
More on Ogham here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
Ogham stones are mainly found in Ireland and Wales. An unusual find in the Midlands, the finder suggests that the river Sowe might have been used to transport it.
 
Stokkie said:
An 11 cm Ogham inscribed stone found in a garden and now exhibited at the Herbert Art Gallery. Ogham was an early alphabet mainly used to inscribe names on stones, before early Irish adopted Latin script.https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/08/teacher-finds-stone-ancient-ogham-writing-ireland-coventry-garden
More on Ogham here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
Ogham stones are mainly found in Ireland and Wales. An unusual find in the Midlands, the finder suggests that the river Sowe might have been used to transport it.
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An 11 cm Ogham-inscribed stone was found in a garden and is now exhibited at the Herbert Art Gallery. Ogham, an early alphabet mainly used to inscribe names on stones, was used before early Irish adopted the Latin script.
 
Stokkie said:
An 11 cm Ogham inscribed stone found in a garden and now exhibited at the Herbert Art Gallery. Ogham was an early alphabet mainly used to inscribe names on stones, before early Irish adopted Latin script.https://www.theguardian.com/science...ancient-ogham-writing-ireland-coventry-garden
More on Ogham here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
Ogham stones are mainly found in Ireland and Wales. An unusual find in the Midlands, the finder suggests that the river Sowe might have been used to transport it.
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The Ogham Stone is exhibited in the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry. Visitors can see it on display in ‘Collecting Coventry’ until 27 April 2025.

I’ll be sure to make the trip.
 
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