Tour Scotland 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Ogham Standing Stone on Cnoc na Croise: on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Isle of Gigha off the West Coast Of Kintyre. A slender four sided granite pillar on a rise just to the North West of St. Catan's Chapel on the island of Gigha in Argyll and Bute. The Ogam or Ogham Stone measures 5½ feet in height and around 10 inches square. It was once taller, but was broken when it fell in 1845 and then was re-erected a short distance from its original site when it was knocked over again in 1865. The stone dates from around the 7th Century. Located on the North West edge of the stone, the Ogam inscription is unclear and has been the subject of debate, but may say " the son of Coiceile " in the Irish form. Ogham is an ancient Irish script consisting of linear strokes, and it was used from about the first century AD onwards. It is most common in Ireland, but there are some examples in Scotland and Wales. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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