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old as the second and third centuries, whilst others must be of the 

 fourth and fifth. 



The Ogham inscriptions in South Britain are distributed as fol- 

 lows : — Cornwall, 1 ; Devon, 2 ; Cardigan, 2 or 3 ; Pembroke, 8 ; 

 Caermarthen, 2 ; Glamorgan, 2 ; Brecknock, 2 ; Denbigh, 1 . 



Pembrokeshire, then, is the richest in monuments of this class. 

 In that county they are in the majority, there being therein but six 

 monuments of the same age inscribed with Latin letters only. In 

 Pembrokeshire, two, and in Glamorganshire, one, have Ogham inscrip- 

 tions only. 



The great peculiarity of Ogham writing is, that it is to be read 

 from the bottom upwards ; and so, in every instance of the occurrence 

 of an Ogham and a Latin memorial on the same stone, the two inscrip- 

 tions follow opposite directions. These inscriptions contain : — 



I. Single names in the genitive : — 



1. Buckland monachorum. Devon. On the monument of " Do- 



bunnius tbe smith, son of Enabarrus," the name of the father 

 en&b&pp(i). 



2. Nevern, Pembroke. ric&ti&ni. 



3. Loughor, Glamorgan. On the edge of a Eoman altar. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Brash — 



1- — /— iM- 



According to Mr. Rhys : — 



¥^ " / * f"Mf 



or 



Out of those conflicting testimonies we may perhaps obtain the name, 

 T "" // /// " "- t " 1 -^~ bejnci, which we have noticed at Panwen 

 Byrdhin, about twelve miles to the westward. 



4. Clydai, Pembroke. N n ■■ ■ n I" — m HH i nn . . ,. s+m- >o _ 

 btocucip or "oorocucip 



5. S. Florence, Pembroke, mA-^eji^^i. This is on the face of a 

 stone, which was long exposed to the tramp of feet in the village, 

 until the Rector, Mr. Burke, rescued it, and had it erected in the place 

 of the lost churchyard cross. The initial in is almost entirely effaced ; 

 but there can be no hesitation in restoring the name, which occurs on 

 the Pant y Polion stone. The line of the scores takes a bend to the 

 right, and then resumes the upward direction. This was apparently 

 intended to avoid a spawl, which therefore must be ancient. Other 

 scores appear to the left, but I imagine they must have been made by 

 a spade, at some time when the stone was covered with turf. 



