Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:231 |
Site: | COOLE |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1879 Brash, R.R. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 224, states that the stone was `standing in the old graveyard of Killeenadreena', and that it was under this name that the stone was recorded in Brash/1879. OSullivan et al/1996, 274, states that the stone stands `in the SE quadrant of the site'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 224: `Slate'. |
Dimensions: | 2.06 x 0.46 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site OSullivan et al/1996, 274, states that the stone stands `in the SE quadrant of the site'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 224; `There is a large plain cross on the side bearing the inscription'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | L[OGIT]TIMAQIERPENN Expansion: LOGITTI MAQI ERPENN Macalister/1945 224--225 reading only OSullivan/etal/1996 275 reading only Ziegler/1994 271 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | W ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 224: `inscription pocked'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See Sims-Williams/1992, 40--42, for a full discussion of this inscription, and especially the use of the `St Andrew's cross' forfid for /p/. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 224: `the P being represented by the I-forfid.' McManus/1991, 79, also notes the use of this symbol for the writing of p. Sims-Williams/1992, 41--42, discusses the form of this p symbol, and argues that its `St Andrews cross' shape `can be interpreted as a BB monogram', illustrative of the closeness of B and P in Irish, Latin and some Continental Celtic languages. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 224: `The scores were boldy formed, and are legible, though worn: but the inscribed edge has suffered recent injury. When I saw it first, some years ago, it was quite perfect... The O, part of the G, I, and first T12 have since broken away'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |