Now this is one mighty fine standing stone in its own right, but it is made more wonderful by the addition of some nearly legible ogham script.
The one side reads a fairly meaningless 'LGG ....... SD ...... LE ESIAD' and the other reads 'MAQ CORBBRI MAQ AMLOITT' (The Son of Corbbri, Son Of Amloitt).
A nearby sign suggests a broad date range of 300-600 ce for the inscription and that the 3.5m tall, square sectioned, standing stone was probably erected in the bronze age.
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The field was devoid of cows and bulls today, so I took Uta across to see this great stone. It was also a good excuse to take a GPS reading and see how Nephin features in its skyline. It doesn't. However, the nearby wedge tomb ( Breastagh (County Mayo)) is built so that Nephin is visible.
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_From Killala take the R314 north for around 4kms. Here the road turns sharp right, crosses a river and turns sharp left. At this bend carry straight on. Continue along this road for 2kms until you reach a cross roads. Carry straight on here for about 300m and you will see a sign post pointing into the field on the left.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Killcullen South (Co. Cork) |  Lugnagappul (Co. Kerry) |  Kilcomeragh (Co. Waterford) |
 Knickeen (Co. Wicklow) |  Colaiste Ide (Co. Kerry) |  Mount Mellory Abbey (Co. Waterford) |
