Ogam/Ogham Stones

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there is a stone in the british museum from the brecon beacons.it's called the "llywel" stone. it's got ogham down the side and on one face is a collection of carved pictures.
it's about 6 feet tall and thin, something like a thick door. it's flat on the top and bottom.
it looks to me like a pillar,just like is found in places like bryn celli ddu.the pictures are similar in style to the images from newgrange,although they have been interpreted as coming from the dark ages,
i think it is from a passage mound but it's origins are unknown,so its just my opinion.there is another ogham stone with latin in the church at defynnog,and this is the same area the llywel stone came from.

This stone sounds interesting. Anybody know anything about it? Anyone got a picture of it?

cerrig wrote:
there is a stone in the british museum from the brecon beacons.it's called the "llywel" stone. it's got ogham down the side and on one face is a collection of carved pictures.
it's about 6 feet tall and thin, something like a thick door. it's flat on the top and bottom.
it looks to me like a pillar,just like is found in places like bryn celli ddu.the pictures are similar in style to the images from newgrange,although they have been interpreted as coming from the dark ages,
i think it is from a passage mound but it's origins are unknown,so its just my opinion.there is another ogham stone with latin in the church at defynnog,and this is the same area the llywel stone came from.
I remember seeing a stone in the British museum that was Welsh that had a possible unnoted cup mark but could nver remember it's exactly where it came frrom from ,maybe this one ?