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A teacher was left stunned after digging up a stone carved with an ancient Celtic script dating back to the 4th Century while weeding in his garden - in Coventry.
Graham Senior, 55, had been clearing out his overgrown flowerbed when he made the incredible discovery during lockdown in May 2020.
It has since emerged the sandstone rock bears an early form of Ogham script from Ireland - dating back around 1,600 years.
The 11cm (4ins) stone has now gone on display at a museum while experts try to figure out the full meaning of the mysterious relic.
The rectangular block features a series of lines inscribed on three sides in a script primarily used in early medieval Ireland.
A teacher was left stunned after digging up a stone carved with an ancient Celtic script dating back to the 4th Century while weeding in his garden - in Coventry
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Scottish historian Professor Katherine Forsyth, from the University of Glasgow, has partially translated the words to reveal a name - Mael Dumcail.
Graham believes the stone may have been carried as a keepsake by a Roman soldier who had left behind a sweetheart in Ireland.
Married dad-of-two Graham, a geography teacher, said: 'It was during lockdown towards the end of May 2020 I was doing a spot of weeding in the garden.
'I just saw this thing sticking out of the flowerbed after digging about four or five inches down and thought 'that's not normal'.
'I could tell they were not scratchings from an animal or anything like that and decided to investigate a little
