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DESCRIPTION AND DIAGRAM OF A SECOND OGAM STONE 



AT LEWANNICK. 



By ARTHUR 6. LANGDON, Esq., Member of the Royal Inst, of Cornwall. 



[The information, contained in the following summary, was 

 laid before a Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, London, 

 January 24th, 1895, and has been published in their Proceed- 

 ings, 2nd Series, Vol. XV, p. 279,] 



On June 7th, 1892, it was my good fortune to find the first 

 Ogam inscribed stone in Lewannick Churchyard, Cornwall, five 

 miles south-west of Launceston. 



Mr. F. H. NichoUs, stone-mason, who was, at that time, 

 engaged on some work for me, took great interest in the dis- 

 covery, and has been ever since on the look out for anything of 

 this kind. 



On July 17, 1894, he wrote to inform me that he had found 

 what he believed to be another stone of the same description, 

 built into the north porch of the church. Two days later he 

 wrote to say that he had noticed a second stone, evidently 

 belonging to this latter, in the same porch. 



The first piece, found by him — containing the commencement 

 of the inscription, — was built into the north wall and formed 

 a quoin at the north-west angle. The second piece was in the 

 east wall ; the lower sides of each being on a level with the 

 ground. 



Having sent to Mr. Nicholls the necessary materials, he 

 forwarded to me rubbings of the two portions, on which were 

 undoubted Ogam characters, as well as an inscription on the 

 broad face, but, being built into the walls, the Ogams on the 

 sides were of course concealed, and the vowels were covered by 

 a pointing of cement. 



The Vicar's permission to remove the stones was subse- 

 quently obtained, and on January 9th, 1895, I met Mr. Nicholls 

 a,t Lewannick, and waa present when he very carefully took 



