Academics using 3D technology to protect Ogham writing

Ogham Stones in the Stone Corridor, University College Cork. Picture: Tomas Tyner, UCC.

Irish and Scottish academics are using digital and 3D technologies to protect ancient Celtic Ogham writings.

The 1,500-year-old alphabet appears on monuments and objects dating back to the fourth century, as well as manuscripts from the ninth century, and can be found in Ireland and Britain.