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The Dungummin Ogham Stone, also known as the Clonkeiffy standing stone, is an ancient monument found on a field near a crossroads on the R194 road, south of Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, in Ireland.
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The Ogham stone is sandstone, is about 1.6m tall, 0.48m wide and 0.36m in thickness, tapering in the cross section almost to a point. The inscription on the north-western side is a personal name, ᚑᚃᚑᚋᚐᚅᚔ "OVOMANI". The western side of the stone is damaged. It was dated by S. Ziegler c. 500 – c. 550AD. The south side carries two crosses; in the west and north a cross is engraved.
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Bibliography
edit- Joseph B. Meehan: Cavan ogham stones: II, The Dungimmin Ogham 1920
- Damien McManus: A Guide to Ogam. An Sagart, Maynooth 1991, ISBN 1-870684-17-6.
- Philip I. Powell: The Ogham Stones of Ireland: The Complete & Illustrated Index 2011
- Sabine Ziegler: Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-525-26225-6