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Rey. Charles Graves, D.D., read a notice by Richard 
Hitchcock, Esq., of an Inscription in the Ogham character. 
« Sept. 2, 1856. I visited the Ogham monument disco- 
vered in Cahernagat, one of the ancient circular stone enclo- 
sures on the townland of Ballywiheen, about two miles to the 
north-west of Ventry. It was discovered by the Rev. James 
Goodman, in October, 1855,—whose short account it may 
be well to give :—‘I discovered also at the ‘¢ Cathair-na-gat” 
(cataip na 5-caz), on the same farm, a large Ogham stone, 
with the most perfect inscription I have ever seen. It was 
covered with rubbish, and probably never came under your 
notice. I got half a dozen men, and with their assistance 
had it placed standing on the top of the Cathair.” I found 
the stone standing as placed by Mr. Goodman. It is one of, 
if not the most, beautiful Ogham stone monuments now on 
our list, being longitudinally streaked on both sides, which 
are flat, in a rather artistic manner, with purplish-coloured 
lines, such being the nature of the stone. Numerous similarly 
streaked small stones may be seen in the fences in the imme- 
diate vicinity of the Caher; and of these I have brought a 
few specimens, which may give some idea better than descrip- 
tion of the beautiful nature of this fine Ogham monument. 
The following are the dimensions of the stone :— Height from 
ground, 4 ft. 8in.; breadth at ground, 224 in.; breadth near 
top, 17 in.; at top, about 10 in. ; thickness of stone at ground, 
9 in. ; and at top, about 3Lor4in. The inscription, of which 
I have madea rubbing, is singularly perfect—there being none 
covered in the ground, and none lost at the top, although it 
occurs on a rough corner of the stone. J have examined the 
top several times during my stay; and I may say that I am 
certain the inscription never extended farther than the four 
strokes at the right-hand side. I have made a rough, but 
accurate, diagram copy of the inscription, which may serve 
as a key to the rubbing; but I regret much that I was not 
able to make a sketch of the whole monument. ‘There is no 
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