Arrr! Old rock plundered from the garden by a land map scallywag be worth more than a treasure chest, savvy?
2024-09-10
Arrr, in Coventry's fair land, a geography master did stumble upon a curious rock in his weeds! Lo and behold, this humble stone be not just a lump, but a treasure of ancient Irish scribbles! Yarrr, me hearty, who knew gardening could lead to such jolly discoveries!
Ahoy there, me hearties! Gather 'round for a tale of a geography teacher named Graham Senior, who be tendin' to his garden in Coventry, England, when he stumbled upon a curious stone in the year of our Lord 2020. This be no ordinary rock, ye see; it was a 4-inch sandstone with lines carved deeper than Davy Jones’ locker!While he was weedin' and ponderin' if it be a calendar for the cursed crew, Graham soon discovered it bore the ancient script known as ogham—used by those fancy Irish folk over 1,600 years ago! Aye, it be a grand find indeed, as he reported it to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, causin' quite the stir among archaeologists and treasure seekers alike.
One Teresa Gilmore, a keen-eyed archaeologist, declared it “amazing,” for every find be like piecin’ together a jigsaw puzzle of history. The stone, now named "Mael Dumcail," has sailed to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, where it’ll sit pretty till April 2025 as part of the Collecting Coventry exhibition. Whether the stone be lost in a drunken wager or washed ashore from a shipwreck, remains a mystery! So, me mateys, keep yer eyes peeled; ye never know when ye might stumble upon a piece of history while tendin' to yer roses!