Ogham Standing Stone, Displaying Early Irish Writing, at Bunmahon The Copper Coast Geopark, County Waterford, Ireland

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Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 1st to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries). There are roughly 400 surviving orthodox inscriptions on stone monuments throughout Ireland and western Britain; the bulk of which are in southern Munster.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Bunmahon, Waterford, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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