They weren’t scratches, it was a language. Think of it as Monks writing in 800s CE and it sounds completely reasonable.
Ogham was invented over 1500 years ago and is found in the Republic of Ireland and across the four nations of Britain, and the Isle of Man. Ogham is an alphabet that appears on monumental inscriptions and occasionally portable objects dating from the 4th century AD onwards, and in a handful of manuscripts dating from the 9th century onwards.
(Irish and Scottish Researchers to Investigate Ancient Ogham Script | Maynooth University, 2025)
As the Christians started arriving sometime shortly prior to 431, they were also around to use the language.
They weren’t scratches, it was a language. Think of it as Monks writing in 800s CE and it sounds completely reasonable.
(Irish and Scottish Researchers to Investigate Ancient Ogham Script | Maynooth University, 2025)
As the Christians started arriving sometime shortly prior to 431, they were also around to use the language.
Irish and Scottish researchers to investigate ancient Ogham script | Maynooth University. (2025). Maynoothuniversity.ie. https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/early-irish-sean-ghaeilge/news/irish-and-scottish-researchers-investigate-ancient-ogham-script