Archaeology Notes

Event ID 723392

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NW96SE 26 c. 99 62

Possibly on map sheet NX06SW.

A stone with ogam markings, from Lochnaw, may be a fake. The stone is on display in the Observatory Museum, Dumfries. It is partly damaged and now measures 0.59m high by 0.47m long, crossed by two horizontal and three diagonal strokes, and two further possible strokes lower down.

The museum label reads: "Standing stone with possible ogham inscription, Lochnaw, Wigtownshire 5-6th century? The ogam alphabet originated in Ireland and comprises a system of short straight lines".

The circumstances of its original discovery and accession appear to be unknown.

Information from letter to Dr A Ritchie from D J Craig, University of Durham, 7 January 1986.