ANSCL/1

Corpus Refs:McManus/1991:viii
Site:ANSCL
Discovery:in/on structure, 1989 Grifin, E.O.
History:McManus/1991, 72: `This stone now in the Heritage Centre (Lathair Oidhreachta) in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry, was discovered in 1989 embedded in the gable wall of an outhouse...near Annascaul...This stone is a classic example of a secondary appropriation damaging the final part of an inscription'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:in display
Location:Heritage Centre Ballyferriter
McManus/1991, 72: `This stone, now in the Heritage Centre (Lathair Oidhreachta) in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry'.
Form:Incomplete Information
Condition:frgmntry , some
McManus/1991, 72: `The angle facing outwards was trimmed in the appropriation taking away the final part of the inscription. The opposite angle and the top of the stone are intact, however'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


ANSCL/1/1

Readings

McManus, R.A.S. (1991):RETAGINMAQIDOV[U!][--
Expansion:
RETAGIN MAQI DOV[U!][--
McManus/1991 72 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
McManus/1991, 72, makes clear that two angles of the stone, and the top were all inscribed. He leaves unclear the direction of the carvings.
Incision:incised
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 72, gives full discussion of the names, seeing the form RETA- as `clearly post-affection'.

Also see McManus/1991, 88, 104, 120.

Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
McManus/1991, 72: `The opposite angle and the top of the stone are intact, however, and the reading on these is clear and beyond doubt'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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