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 |
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 |
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 |
Ziegler/1994, 193, discusses this name seeing it as Goidelic nk-stem name.