ARBRY/2

Corpus Refs:Kermode/1907:4
Macalister/1902:124
Macalister/1945:502
Site:ARBRY
Discovery:in/on structure, 1886 Savage, E.
History:Bruce/1968, 39, reports a `local belief that it [the stone] was found built into a boundary-wall between Ballaclague and the Friary Farm', and states that the stone had been moved to Castle Rushen by 1893.

According to Rhys/Browne/1891, 38, the stone was `in the possession of Mr. Crellin of the Friary Farm'.

Macalister/1945, 480, records the stone as being in the Manx Museum, where it now is (MM4).

Geology:Kermode/1907, 100: `Granite'.
Dimensions:0.44 x 0.41 x 0.2 (converted from Kermode/1907)
Setting:in display
Location:Manx Museum, Douglas (Cat: MM4)
Currently in the Manx Museum (MM4).
Form:boulder
Rhys/Browne/1891, 38, state that the stone is rounded `like a cheese', whilst Macalister/1945, 480, suggests it is the top of a pillar stone.
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


ARBRY/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Rhys, J. (1886):MAQLEOGU
Expansion:
MAQLEOGU
Rhys/Browne/1891 38 reading only
Kermode, P.M.C. (1907):MAQLEOG
Expansion:
MAQLEOG
Translation:
Mac Leog (PN).
Kermode/1907 73--74, 100 reading only
Kermode/1910-1911 437--438 minor reference
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[---]MAQLEOG[---]
Expansion:
[---]MAQ LEOG[---]
Macalister/1945 480 reading only
Ziegler/1994 282 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:inc ; other ; n/a ; inc
Kermode/1907, 100: `the inscription is cut round the edge'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 480.
Date:800 - 1199 (Kermode/1907)

550 - 900 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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