CHLAR/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:28
Site:CHLAR
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Prim
History:Macalister/1945, 33, gives the earliest reference for this stone as by one 'Prim' in 1869.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 33: `sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.57 x 0.2 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Macalister/1945, 33: `Built into the outer face of the E. wall of the ruined church, beneath the E. window, and now partly concealed by a modern tombstone erected against the wall'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1945, 33--34: `...the top of the stone is broken off, and the first angle is spalled'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):TASEGAGNI ||| [MAQ]IMUCOIMACORBO
Expansion:
TASEGAGNI [MAQ]I MUCOI MACORBO
Macalister/1945 33--34 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):--]MUC[--]MAC[--
Expansion:
--]MUC[--]MAC[--
McManus/1991 67 minor reference

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:chiselled
Macalister/1945, 33: `chisel-cut'.
Date:400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 34: `In the first line the greater part of the letters SEG are now diffcult to see by reason of the intrusive tombstone: in the second line the H-half of the R is flaked away'.

McManus/1991, 67, lists this as one of the readings given by Macalister that he would question: `Macalister's sketch is upside-down. The tombstone in front of the stone made a satisfactory reading impossible'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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