The stone's Ogham script is believed to have been carved sometime between the 4th and 6th Century The discovery of small stone carved with an early form of Celtic script has caused excitement ...

In 1951 it was brought to Swansea Museum for safe-keeping. Along the upright edge of the altar stone is some Ogham script, which was a form of writing used in Ireland from about 400 to 700 A.D ...

If the engraving on the stone at Doune is proved to be Ogham script, it would be the first such discovery of its type in the Forth Valley and would almost certainly mean there was a monastic ...