{"id":54013,"date":"2013-11-10T05:46:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T12:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=54013"},"modified":"2020-03-22T09:12:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:12:49","slug":"ogham-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=54013","title":{"rendered":"Clogh Oghaim (Ogham Stone)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, what exactly is an Ogham Stone? <\/p>\n

An Ogham Stone is unique to Ireland and Wales and is a stone that has carvings in it now considered to be examples of early written Irish. They’re read from bottom to top and are simple enough that you can translate like a secret code. Finding meaning in the translation is something entirely different.<\/p>\n

What’s interesting is that most stones found today are comprised of a list of names. For this reason, I can’t help but compare the Ogham Stone to the West Coast Indigenous practice of carving totem poles as a means of communicating important events and messages to the community<\/a>; like a bulletin board. Most totems are abandoned when the tribe migrates to their seasonal locations and are lost to the rot of the forest. <\/p>\n

The pictured Ogham stone comes from Derrynane; found at the entrance to Derrynane House. The stone has been carbon-dated to 500-550 AD and was found preserved in a bed of sand close to its current location.<\/p>\n