Ancient Christian message in Ogham

I learned something new today. While at the Greek Festival in Kansas City, I took a tour of the Orthodox Church, and while there, Father Mark gave a lecture on early missionaries to the Americas. He touched upon something I'd never even heard of before:

Christian messages found in West Virginia written in Ogham, an old Irish script from 6th-8th centuries A.D.!

I've always thought that there were people here before Columbus, or before the English landed at Jamestown.

I'll put a link up. Now this source says at the top that it does not give credence to the conclusions found, but the article is written by Dr. Barry Fell, professor emeritus at Harvard. So I'd say this article might be at the very least, worth considering as a valid source, right?

This message is thought to be like a "Christmas card" left on a rock. It's absolutely fascinating stuff no matter how you choose to look at it.

http://cwva.org/wwvrunes/wwvrunes_3.html

http://cwva.org/wwvrunes/wwvrunes_2.html

But then, you have to consider the other side.

http://cwva.org/ogam_rebutal/wirtz.html

This last article is great at trying to attack Fell's standing and credibility, but provides no translation of their own or an independent idea for what they think it might be, so I have to think it's just some sort of smear tactic. I don't know. You decide.