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Abernethy Churchyard, Ogam Stone
Ogham Inscribed Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Abernethy Churchyard, Ogam Stone
Classification Ogham Inscribed Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Abernethy No. 2
Canmore ID 27926
Site Number NO11NE 2.01
NGR NO 1900 1641
NGR Description NO c. 1900 1641
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27926
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Abernethy (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Abernethy 2 (?St Bridget), Perthshire, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.36m, W 0.23m, D 0.07m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 1900 1641
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB 98)
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in 1890, it was presented to the museum in 1892 by Alexander Laing.
Present condition: damaged.
Description
This is part of a slab carved with figural ornament and an inscription in bind ogham. Three ogham letters appear within a band formed by two horizontal incised lines, above which are traces of two equine legs. The ogham reads QMI.
Date: ninth century.
References: Butler 1897, 230, pl 2; ECMS pt 3, 308-10; Forsyth 1996, 2-10.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Abernethy
Abernethy lies to the south of the confluence of the rivers Earn and Tay and has produced a small but important collection of carved stones. They have all been trimmed for reuse as building stones, but they represent one Pictish symbol stone, at least four cross-slabs including one with part of an ogham inscription, and at least three free-standing crosses, one of which had a shaft carved with a fat plant scroll.
Primary reference: Proudfoot 1997
A Ritchie 2019
NO11NE 2.01 c. 1900 1641.
This stone fragment sculptured in relief with the lower parts of two legs of a horse and bearing an Ogam inscription, was found in Abernethy Churchyard. It is now in RMS (IB 98).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1892; J Rhys 1892; D Butler 1897; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903. F C Diack 1944.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 27 November 1996.
