BDRE2/1

Corpus Refs:Cuppage/etal/1986:78
Macalister/1945:168
Site:BDRE2
Discovery:recognised, 1939 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:Macalister/1945, 161: `Standing in a field'.

Cuppage et al/1986, 44: `At the lowest and westernmost point of the ridge extending W from Flemingstown mountain, on level pastureland'.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 161: `Grit'.
Dimensions:2.13 x 1.07 x 0.56 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Cuppage et al/1986, 44: `At the lowest and westernmost point of the ridge extending W from Flemingstown mountain, on level pastureland'.
Form:plain
Cuppage et al/1986, 44: `It is roughly rectangular both on plan and in elevation but decreases in thickness toward the top'.
Condition:complete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


BDRE2/1/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):IRCCITOS
Expansion:
IRCCITOS
Cuppage/etal/1986 44 reading only
Macalister/1945 161 reading only
Ziegler/1994 265 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:SE ; arris ; n/a ; undivided
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 161: `...inscription pocked'.
Date:400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994)
Ziegler/1994, 189.
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 108.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 161: `...much worn by cattle'.

Cuppage et al/1986, 44, `Due to a combination of weathering, lichen growth and rubbing by animals, the inscription is faint and difficult to read, but Macalister's interpretation (1945, 161) appears to be correct'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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