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Ogham Stone, Poltalloch

Site/Artefact Ogham Stone, Polltalloch Type Incribed stone Site Number National Grid Reference 1820 East 6972 North Map ( 1:25000) Ordnance Survey Explorer No 358 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Excavation Details
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Description
This ogham inscribed stone was found in association with a series of long cists in 1931 in a gravel pit. Commercial gravel-digging has since obliterated all traces of the site

This incription spells out the name CRONAN. Crónán was a common Gaelic personal name, and there is nothing to help us identify who is referred to by this stone, nor can we assess its age with any great certainty.

Three ogham incription have survived in Argyll: this one, and two others. One is on the island of Gigha and is illegible, and the other is on the bed-rock on the summit of Dunadd

Though ogham script is perfectly readable in itself, particularly incriptions are vulnerable to damage, situated as they often are on the corners of stone objects. Once damaged, losing a stroke here or a point there, they can become very difficult to interpret. Many of the surviving ogham inscriptions in Scotland have not been transliterated or translated.

Access/Ownership
Now in the National Museum of Scotland

A replica is kept at Kilmartin House

References

• Damian McManus (1991), A Guide to Ogham, Maynooth
• Catherine Swift (1997) Ogham Stones and the Earliest Irish Christians, Maynooth

Check out the following sections of the website for related information

• Ogham writing

Mid-Argyll Sites and Artefacts

1. Kilmory Oib  2. Druim an Dúin  3. Duntroon  4. Dún Ardifur 1  5. Eilean Rígh 1  6. Dún Chonaillach  7. Loch Awe Crannogs  8. Torran Hoard  9. Dún na Nighinne 10. Kilmartin Parish Church 11. Temple Wood Stone Circles 12. Ogham stone, Poltalloch 13. Barnakil Cross 14. Kilbride Chapel 15. Kilbride Crosses 16. Dunadd Fort 17. In Nomine disk 18. Brooch Moulds 19. Dunadd cross-marked quern 20. Loch Glashan Crannog 21. Glebe Cairn

22. Nether Largie North 23. Nether Largie Mid 24. Nether Largie South 25. Ri Cruin 26. Nether Largie 27. Ballymeanoch - Stones 28. Ballymeanoch - Henge 29. Ballymeanoch - Cairn 30. Dunchragaig 31. Baluachraig 32. Carnassarie Castle 33. BallymeanocH - Barrow 34. Dun Mac Samhainn 35. Glenmoine, Upper Largie 36. Creag a' Mhadaidh 37. Carnassarie - Round Cairn 38. Carnasserie - Standing Stones 39. Carnasserie - Cist 40. Carnasserie Cottage 41. Upper Largie - Cist 42. Upper Largie - Rock Carvings

43. Nether Largie 44. Poltalloch - Cist 45. Poltalloch - cists 46. Bruach an Druimein 47. Dunchraigaig - Dun 48. Poltalloch - Round Cairn 49. Rownfield - Cist 50. Ballymeanoch - Cist 51. Poltalloch - Cists 52. Ballymeanoch - Dun 53. Dunadd - Standing Stones 54. Dunadd - Standing Stone 55. Baile Mor - Dun 56. Anaskeog - Rock Carvings 57. Bariole 58. Rhudil - Round Cairn 1 59. Rhudil - Round Cairn 2 60. Kilmartin Castle 61. Slockavullin 62. Rowanfield - Standing Stone 63. Poltalloch - Cremation

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