Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1907:242 Macalister/1945:302 |
Site: | BAVEL |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1896 Power, P. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 291, `...formerly at a gap in the wall of the second field (on this townland) from the road from Waterford to Dunhill...The reading was finally determined by Canon Power (the discoverer of the stone) and myself...This was fortunate for on a subsequent visit Canon Power found that the farmer had smashed the stone, and completely destroyed the inscription'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1907, 218: `hard and worn metamorphic slate'. |
Dimensions: | 2.1 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1897) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1896, missing 1912) |
Location: | Macalister/1945, 291, records that the stone was discovered by Canon Power in 1896, but that Power later found that the stone had been destroyed. Macalister/1945, 291, `...on a subsequent visit Canon Power found that the farmer had smashed the stone, and completely destroyed the inscription'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 291, `An irregularly-shaped standing stone'. |
Condition: | inc , n/a Macalister/1945, 291, `...on a subsequent visit Canon Power found that the farmer has smashed the stone, and completely destroyed the inscription'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1907): | CUMNI | MAQIMU[C]OIV[AL]UCI Expansion: CUMNI MAQI MUCOI VALUVI Translation: Macalister/1907 218--219 reading only Macalister/1945 291 minor reference Ziegler/1994 278 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CUMNI | MAQIMUCOIVALUVI Expansion: CUMNI MAQI MUCOI VALUVI Macalister/1945 291 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 122. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | n/a Macalister/1945, 291: `2C was spalled away, but the proximal ends remained: the A of VALUVI and the first score of the L were also difficult to trace'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |