Ballaqueeney Ogham Stone (Manx Cross 2)

3D Model

This rounded boulder, already broken when found, was discovered close to Ballaqueeney chapel (PRN 0024) in 1874. It was recovered during the quarrying of stone for railway ballast in 1874. The stone bears an incomplete ogham inscription which runs up one edge and onto the top. The inscription reads, ‘Bivaidonas maqi mucoi cunava…’, translated as ‘(the stone) of Beoaed, son of the tribe of Cunava’. It is now displayed at the Manx Museum.

Early Medieval

Found Ballaqueeney Keeill, Rushen, Rushen, Isle of Man (now part of Manx National Heritage collections)

iMuseum (Manx National Heritage)

Cross was scanned in situ with the result that some surfaces could not be captured or photographed.