CREHS/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:304
Site:CREHS
Discovery:recognised, 1867 Williams, W.
History:Macalister/1945, 293: `It was discovered in 1867 by W.Williams of Dungarvan'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 293: `Sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.78 x 0.66 x 0.38 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 293: `As the stone is not easy to find, the following directions may be useful: - Go up the second field-road on the left-hand side of the main road from Carrick-on-Suir to Ballyquin, after passing Carrick Beg National School and some houses near. The stone is in a field on the left-hand side of the field road, where the latter makes an angle'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):VOCAGNI | MAQICUR[I]T
Expansion:
VOCAGNI MAQI CUR[I]T
Macalister/1945 293 reading only
Ziegler/1994 278 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical up up
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 293: `Inscription pocked and rubbed on two angles (up-up) - the sinister being the first angle, as is remarkably frequent in this part of the country. The inscribed face is recessed by violent hammering to a depth of about 7 ins. behind its original surface, almost certainly to remove an earlier inscription'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 293: `pocked and rubbed'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 107.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 293: `The scores of the second name are faint, especially those of 3I: and the top of the stone is broken, carrying off the final vowel, which doubtless was there originally'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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