Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:233 OSullivan/etal/1996:944 |
Site: | DKEAR |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1879 Brash, R.R. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 227, records the stone but does not state how it was found or where it is, other than the place name Dromkeare. OSullivan et al/1996, 276, cites Brash/1879, 215, as the first record of the stone, and states that the stone still stands `close to the NE limits of the enclosure'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 227: `red sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.85 x 0.41 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site OSullivan et al/1996, 276, states that the stone still stands `close to the NE limits of the enclosure'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | inc , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; angular; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 227: `A large cross potent on the inscribed face'. OSullivan et al/1996, 276: `On the W face of the stone is a large outline cross potent'. McManus/1991, 172, note 30, follows Henry, in arguing that the inscription and cross may be contemporary on this stone. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | TIDONN[A]MAQDOMNGINN Expansion: TIDONN[A] MAQ DOMGNINN Macalister/1945 227 reading only Ziegler/1994 271 reading only |
O'Sullivan, A. (1996): | [TI]DONNAMAQDOMNG[.]NN Expansion: [TI]DONNA MAQ DOMNG[.]NN OSullivan/etal/1996 276 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | inc ; arris ; inc ; inc Macalister/1945, 227: `inscription on the dexter angle'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 550 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) 566 - 633 (McManus/1991) See McManus/1991, 96--97. |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 115, 120. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 227: `in good condition though worn...No traceable vowel between the N's of TIDONNA: final vowel of this word faint and doubtful. H-half of the G worn off, and following I faint. A large cross potent on the inscribed face. Across the sinister arm of the cross a bar has been cut in error, but the mistake was discovered in time and the line was not deepened'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |