Oghamstein from Fiddaun Upper

The Oghamstein of Fiddaun Upper stands in a field in the extreme south of the townland Fiddaun Upper ( Irish An Feadán Uachtarach ) near the road from Inistiogue to Graiguenamanagh in County Kilkenny in Ireland .

He has strong (under the livestock English Cattle rubbing stone ) suffered and weather wear, but is now protected by a wooden inclosure.

The Ogham stone is 2.06 m high, 0.76 m wide and 0.5 m thick and is made of sandstone . The inscription, dated from AD 400–500 by Sabine Ziegler , reads: "DRUGNO MAQI MUCOI [...] NAMI".

Nearby is the Gowran Ogham Stone .

Individual evidence

↑ Cattle chafers, known in Scotland as Clawin stakes, used to be more commonly deployed on pasture to allow cattle to rub their skin without damaging field infrastructure such as fences and / or trees. Many have been removed to meet the needs of modern farming practices.

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52.5225 -7.0384Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '21 " N , 7 ° 2' 18.2" W.

[1] Cattle chafers, known in Scotland as Clawin stakes, used to be more commonly deployed on pasture to allow cattle to rub their skin without damaging field infrastructure such as fences and / or trees. Many have been removed to meet the needs of modern farming practices.