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Figure 37.7 Left: The ogam alphabet. Ogam was a system of representing twenty letters by
inscribing strokes or grooves set at different angles on either side of, or crossing, a vertical
stem-line, usually the edge of an object or stone. It was usual for the inscription to be
placed on a stone so that it could be read from the bottom up. Right: Ogam-inscribed stones
in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. (Based on R.A.S. Macalister, Nash-Williams and work by
Katherine Forsyth.)

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