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| BALLYBOODAN OGHAM STONE |
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| PHOTO by Pip POWELL 2009 |
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| Discovered in 1841 when erect,it now lies in a small fenced enclosure next to the road. It measures 2.31m in length, 1.75m in width, 0.23m in depth and is composed of close grained slate. The inscription pocked on the dexter edge of the face upper - most in the present position of the stone reads "Corbi Koi Maqi Labrid" and is dated by Ziegler to 700-900 AD. Local tradition translates the inscription as "Here lies Corbmac ó Cuinn". |
| CO-ORDINATES 52 28' 12.373"N...7 13' 21.577"W |