{"product_id":"ogham-stones-inspired-sterling-silver-earrings-love","title":"Ogham Stones inspired Sterling Silver earrings: LOVE","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSterling silver Earrings from early Irish Heritage:\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBefore vellum manuscripts, early Irish people carved inscriptions on stone using \u003ci\u003eogam\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eogham\u003c\/i\u003e. The earliest examples date from the 4th–7th centuries AD, with over 400 surviving today, mostly in Ireland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOgham is unusual among world writing systems. Instead of letters, it uses groups of one to five parallel lines, their value depending on their position relative to a central stemline, usually the stone’s edge. Inscriptions, often wrapping around the stone, were carved vertically and typically read upwards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThese sterling silver earrings designed by Robert Spotten, represent an Ogham stone with a special message written in Ogham based on the Irish word \"Gra\" meaning  \"LOVE\".\u003cbr\u003eCheck out our Ogham range comprising of earrings and pendants with the words: LOVE, PEACE, EIRE and DERRY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWhy not consider a personalised Ogham jewellery with your own name or message on it? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thepuffingallery.com\/pages\/frontpage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"This link will take you to our enquiry page, where you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire.\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePlease contact us to order.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eThe story of the Ogham Stones:\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLong before books, the earliest Irish writing was carved into stone. These inscriptions, called \u003ci\u003eogham\u003c\/i\u003e, date from the 4th–7th centuries AD, with more than 400 examples surviving today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOgham is unlike any other script. Instead of letters, it uses groups of one to five lines or notches, placed along a central stemline — usually the stone’s edge. The carvings often run up the side of the stone, sometimes wrapping around it in a striking three-dimensional design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eMost ogham inscriptions are short. They record personal names, usually with a father’s or family group, such as “son of” (\u003ci\u003eMAQI\u003c\/i\u003e) or “descendant of” (\u003ci\u003eAVI\u003c\/i\u003e). These provide the earliest written form of the Irish language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe alphabet had 20 characters, many with names linked to trees or everyday words — birch (\u003ci\u003ebeithe\u003c\/i\u003e), oak (\u003ci\u003edair\u003c\/i\u003e), hazel (\u003ci\u003ecoll\u003c\/i\u003e). Extra letters were added later as the language changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOgham stones stood in many places: at burials, on boundaries, in ringforts and, most often, near early Christian sites. They served as memorials, land markers, and even legal proof of ownership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAlthough later replaced by the Latin alphabet, ogham knowledge lived on in manuscripts and education, surviving in use well into the Middle Ages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Spotten","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45110756868296,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1239\/7998\/files\/Ogham-stone-GRA-love-Robert-Spotten-Sterling-silver-earrings-001NB.jpg?v=1780760039","url":"https:\/\/thepuffingallery.com\/products\/ogham-stones-inspired-sterling-silver-earrings-love","provider":"The Puffin Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}