Ogham inscriptions from the Brough of Birsay

2021 
Detailed discussion of three ogham-inscribed building slabs excavated from the Brough of Birsay in 1934, 1960, and 1980 respectively. The former two were long thought lost but have recently been identified in the collections of the National Museum of Scotland. The stones are illustrated and readings proposed. It is argued that the inscriptions are likely graffiti, carved while the stones were in situ as constructional elements of a building from the late Pictish or early Norse phases of the site.
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