DRUML/6

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:277
Site:DRUML
Discovery:recognised, 1867 Williams, W.
History:Macalister/1945, 267--268, 273: `The first lining stone on the eastern side'.

Macalister also states that the stone was discovered, with the others, in 1867, but that it was not until 1936, when the souterrain was dismantled that the stones could be seen along their whole length.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 273: `greenstone'.
Dimensions:1.14 x 0.29 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Macalister/1945, 267, implies that the stone remains on the site.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 267: `pillar-stone'.
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


DRUML/6/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):BIRMAQIMUCOI ||| R ||| OTTAIS
Expansion:
BIR MAQI MUCOI ROTTAIS
Macalister/1945 273--274 reading only
Ziegler/1994 275 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along down
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 273: `on two angles (up-top-down)'.
Incision:inc
Date:500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 116.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 273: `in good condition'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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