Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:48 Macalister/1945:47 |
Site: | CSMON |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1854 Tuomey, J.C. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 51: `discovered by J.C. Tuomey'. Gippert/Web, Ogham 47: `In Macalister's times, the stone was `lying by the roadside' (Epig. 1, 76). Nowadays (1988) it is exposed with a sign post by the road leading to Castletimon'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.5 x 0.48 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Gippert/Web, Ogham 47: `In Macalister's times, the stone was `lying by the roadside' (Epig. 1, 76). Nowadays (1988) it is exposed with a sign post by the road leading to Castletimon'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , inc |
Folklore: | Macalister/1945, 52: 'The stone is …called "the Giant's Stone", from a localized version of the conventional legend that a giant had thrown it from a neighbouring hill'. |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | NETACARINETACAG[I/NI] Expansion: NETACARI NETA-CAGI/N[I] Macalister/1897 76 minor reference |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | NETACARINETACAGI Expansion: NETACARI NETACAGI Macalister/1945 51--52 reading only |
Gippert, J. (1988): | [NE]TACARIN[E]TACA[M]I
Expansion: [NE]TACARI N[E]TACA[M]I Gippert/Web Ogham 47 substantial discussion [Gippert 47] |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | incised |
Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) 350 - 450 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93. |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 51, 107, 110. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 51-52: `quite clear, though worn, owing to the stone being used as a seat by weary wayfarers'. Gippert/Web. Ogham 47: `Whether there is a second M stroke in the last name or not, cannot be decided upon with certainty'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |