IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Aghascrebagh Road, OMAGH, BT79 8HJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Aghascrebagh Road, BT79 8HJ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (9 Images Found)
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Sign, Ogham Stone
Located at Aghascrebagh, it points to the stone pictured here Image]
Image: © Kenneth Allen
Taken: 10 Nov 2009
0.11 miles
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Ogham Stone, Aghascrebagh
It is located near Greencastle in County Tyrone. The ancient carvings are difficult to make out, but I am informed that the linear incisions on one corner of the stone read "DOTELLO MAQI MAGLANI" Maqi has the same meaning as the modern Mac meaning "son of" (i.e. Dotello son of Maglani) An attempt to protect the stone has been made with the surrounding rocks as cattle may have scratched their backs against it. Ogham (pronounced "Oh-m") is a script invented, according to the medieval Irish "Book of Ballymote", by Ogma, Celtic god of literature and eloquence, and consists of a series of notches and strokes placed adjacent to or crossing a midline to represent twenty letters of the alphabet. The inscription usually consists of personal or tribal names and is said to be the earliest form of the Irish language. It is usually carved along the edge(s) of a large upright stone, beginning at the base and running upward to, and over, the top, if necessary. The inscription at this site has become weather-worn and the stone was probably erected a few centuries after the birth of Christ, in the late Iron Age. Examples of Ogham markings are rare in the north of Ireland, but there are hundreds of them in the south-west of the country.
The townland name of Aghascrebagh,"the field of the writing" (locally pronounced Aghascribba), probably gets its inspiration from the markings on the stone
More at http://www.ballybegvillage.com/ogham_stones.html
Image: © Kenneth Allen
Taken: 14 Jul 2006
0.16 miles
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Standing stone at Aghascrebagh
The view is looking south-east towards the Ogham Stone Image]
Local tales passed down during the ages tell of a large man who was tied to this stone for some bad deed and was guarded by a dozen men. He broke free and killed them all and they are buried in the graveyard on the opposite side of the road.
Image: © Kenneth Allen
Taken: 14 Jul 2006
0.21 miles
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Wintry at Crouck
Pictured along Gorticashel Road
Image: © Kenneth Allen
Taken: 28 Mar 2013
0.22 miles
