| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:197 |
| Site: | COOLM |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1838 workmen |
| History: | Gippert/Web, 197, states that the stone was discovered in 1838 acting as one of the lintels of a souterrain, the so called `cave of Dunloe', situated `in the demesne of Dunloe Castle'. The site was first visited by `Mr. Abell, of Cork' who `on that occasion took copies of such of the inscriptions as were then accessible'. After that, it was inspected by J. Windele `and a party of antiquaries from Cork'; Brash saw the spot in the autumn of 1869. The site was visited on (Sept.?) 15, 1884 by the members of the RSAI under the guidance of A. Hill. The group could not enter the souterrain to `read those portions of the Oghams on the upper edges of the stones which form the roof, and which have never yet been published'. A sketch of the arrangement of the lintel stones was produced, however, after the `careful measurement by Mr. Ringrose Atkins', at that time. Some time before 1945 the stones were arranged in a small enclosure near the entrance to the Gap of Dunloe, together with the stone from Kilbonane. Macalister/1945, 193: `The outermost lintel'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 2.05 x 0.45 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | on site Gippert/Web, 197, shows the stone on display in an enclosure at the site. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; circular; outer curv; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | DEGO{S}MAQIMOCOITOICAKI Expansion: DEGOS MAQI MOCOI TOICAKI Gippert/Web 197 reading only [Gippert 197] Macalister/1945 193 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 193: `inscribed in short, broad strokes: none of the side-strokes reach the angle'. |
| Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 82, 94, 116. |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 193: `inscribed in short, broad strokes: none of the side-strokes reach the angle...The S at the end of the first word is evidently an omission subsequently rectified'. McManus/1991, 53, 79 discusses the use of the supplementary character K on this stone. |
| Legibility: | good Gippert/Web/Ogham 179: `The S was obviously added later, not on the angle but on the frontal surface at the position of O followed by M. It is not clear at all whether it was added by the engraver or, rather, by a later, even modern, `corrector'; cp. Macalister's statement that it was `overlooked in previous publications'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 1 |
| Doubtful: | no |