CARHA/2

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:74
Power/etal/1992:1033
Site:CARHA
Discovery:recognised, 1906 O'Crowley, J.J.
History:Macalister/1945, 77: `Here there is (or was - I have heard rumours of its destruction) a souterrain ... It had an entrance-chamber roofed with large flat stones, supported on upright pillars; two of the latter were the lower ends of ogham stones, broken to make them of size suitable for the purpose of the masons. The inscriptions were discovered by Mr. J.J. O'Crowley [in 1906]'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.79 x 0.2 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 77: `upright pillar'.
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1945, 77, `[The stones were] broken to make them a size suitable for the purposes of the masons'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


CARHA/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):CONANNM[...]S[--
Expansion:
CONANN M[AQI] S[--
Macalister/1945 78 reading only
Power/etal/1992 124 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:scored
Macalister/1945, 78: `minute scores'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 88, 107, 113.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:inc
Macalister/1945, 78: `A flake, knocked off from the H-surface, had carried away all of the the word MAQI except the B-half of the M'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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