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An arrow saying where to start.
Also known as: Feather mark, Ogham direction mark
The Ogham mark showing the beginning of an inscription and the direction of reading.
Marks where an Ogham inscription begins and which way it runs.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Necessary because a stone can be approached from either side and the strokes are symmetrical about their line, so without the mark an inscription could be read backwards.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
An arrow-like figure cut at the start of the inscription, its point indicating the direction in which the strokes are to be read.
The feather mark tells a reader where an Ogham inscription starts and which way it runs.