Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:39 |
Site: | BAROG |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1916 Dolan, J. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 44: `The late Mr. Joseph Dolan, Ardee, conducted me to see this fine pillar-stone in 1916, when I had visited the neighbourhood for the purpose of delivering a lecture, I called his attention to the Ogham scores, which he had not noticed'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 44: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 2.59 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | BRANOGENI Expansion: BRANOGENI Gippert/Web Ogam 39 reading only [Gippert 39] Macalister/1945 44 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 141 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | E ; arris ; n/a ; inc |
Incision: | pocked |
Date: | 400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 44: `The ogham scores are pocked on the eastern angle, and though worn so as to escape notice easily, are quite legible once they are observed'. |
Lines: | |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 105: `BRANOGENI (`raven' + `he who is born of', or `son')'.