. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. the objective point of our visit to Gigha, as it was on therepresentation of my friend. Professor Rhys, that I was induced toinclude it in our programme. Fortunately we were well repaid for the journey, as the discoveryof an Ogam inscription is not the least important result of our and photographs were taken; one of the latter, by Mr. Kirker,is reproduced as an illustration. There was not much difficulty indeciphering the cbaracters on the middle of the right-hand side, but the 346 ROYAL SOCIKTY OF ANTIQUARIKS OF IRELAND.
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. the objective point of our visit to Gigha, as it was on therepresentation of my friend. Professor Rhys, that I was induced toinclude it in our programme. Fortunately we were well repaid for the journey, as the discoveryof an Ogam inscription is not the least important result of our and photographs were taken; one of the latter, by Mr. Kirker,is reproduced as an illustration. There was not much difficulty indeciphering the cbaracters on the middle of the right-hand side, but the 346 ROYAL SOCIKTY OF ANTIQUARIKS OF IRELAND. rest is too much worn. The pillar stone on which tlie inscriptions are cutstands on a bold knoll, north of Kilchattan Church, and the collectivelabour of the party made out, as a tentative reading, the letters— w(a)q(i) gagi s, or maqui cangits. The pillar is 5 feet 8 inches high, the sides tapering up from 12 inchesto 8 inches, and from 11^ inches to 9 inches. South of the church are two large eartlien mounds, the eastern witha fosse and outer St. Catans Church, Gigha Island—North-east View.(From a Photograph by Mrs. Shackleton.) Professor Rhys has kindly contributed the following note on The Gigha Ogam. Mr. Cochrane handed me, when I was lately in Dublin, a photo-graph and calico rubbing of tlie Gigha Ogam, and I have been poringa good deal over them. NMien I recommended the archaeological partyto land on Gigha, I felt rather doubtful that I was doing right. Thefirst allusion I had ever seen to the supposed existence of an Ogam onthat island occurs in one of the late Dr. Skenes works—I think it mustbe liis Celtic Scotland —but I have no books where I am writing. PKOCEEDINGS. 347 When in Scotland a few years ago, I frequently tried to find about the stone, and while on a visit at Dr. Copelatids housein Edinburgh, 1 met Mrs. Margaret Stuart, who had heard of the stone,and promised to find out more about it. So in March, 1898, Mrs. Stuartwrote to me
Size: 1769px × 1413px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidjournalofroyalso1899roya
