'Drumlohan Ogham Stones' : Ogham Stone
Visit Notes
Sunday, 31st March 2002
This is one of the must see sites in Waterford. The actual site is a souterrain which when discovered revealed 13 or more ogham stones. ten were used for lintels and three stand as jambs in the walls. Five of the ones used for roof stones have been erected to one side.
Within the souterrain the three stones are diverse in shape from very slender to large slabs.
The souterrain has steps going down into it enabling you to easily see the ones inside.
Of the ones standing up three could be read completely - these said, BIGU MAQI LAG, BIR MAQI MUCOI ROTTAIS and MANU MAGUNO GATI MOCOI MOCORBO (source Early Ireland: Anthony Weir).
There is now a fence around the site for protection.
The whole hillside shows signs of use and was once a monastic site. I was unable to see the bullaun mentioned here.
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Sunday, 27th August 2006
What a shame! The fence around this wonderful site is in a sorry state. A wire (unelectrified) electric fence has been erected around the outside of the enclosure. There is a rabbit burrow just 50cm from the souterrain.
The stones are still in good shape though, but I think one of the small ogham stones that were used in the walls of the souterrain may have been removed.
I did manage to find the proper route to the site, though. This was not because of any signposts, just a lucky guess. On the road to the est of the stones there is a track into the woods. Follow this until you reach some behives and then follow the overgrown track for a further 50m. On the left there is a very faint track that goes up the slope into the trees. This leads to a very rickety style that I would not recommend using. This leads into the field containing the site.
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_Directions
Take the R677 and then the N25 south from Kilmacthomas and take the first road on the left. Continue for 2km past the first crossroads. There is a track on the left. Go along this and you can follow the track to the stones.
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