BAWGL/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:248
Site:BAWGL
Discovery:first mentioned, 1908 Lynch, P.J.
History:Macalister/1945, 243, `On the farmland of Lackareigh, townland of Bawnaglanna, an ogham stone was discovered in a field fence...The lower part was missing, and about 1' of what remained of the inscribed edge was frayed away. It is said to have formed a lintel in a ruined house close by, before being built into the fence'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 243, `sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.07 x 0.33 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:other
Macalister/1945, 243, `When I made enquiries after this stone, I learnt that the farmer, apparently fearing that it would be confiscated, had buried it under his kitchen floor'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1945, 243, `The lower part was missing, and about 1' of what remained of the inscribed edge was frayed away'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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BAWGL/1/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):--]QET[IA]SM[A]QTRENIL[U][--
Expansion:
--]QET[IA]S M[A]Q TRENIL[U][ --
Macalister/1945 243 reading only
Ziegler/1994 273 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided
Incision:incised
Macalister/1945, 243, `The scores were carelessly cut, the letters showing a tendency to spread fanwise'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 116.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 243, `The scores were carelessly cut, the letters showing a tendency to spread fanwise. The vowel notches were obscure, and their number appears to have been doubtful. The diagonal scores sloped the wrong way...the final LU being on the top of the stone: after U3 the angle was badly weathered'.
Lines:
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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