DRUML/9

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:280
Site:DRUML
Discovery:recognised, 1867 Williams, W.
History:Macalister/1945, 267--268, 275: `The first lining stone on the western 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, 275: `slate'.
Dimensions:1.12 x 0.51 x 0.0 (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, 275: `pillar-stone...a stump of slate'.
Condition:inc , some
Macalister/1945, 275: 'it is worn and broken'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


DRUML/9/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):BRO[INION]AS
Expansion:
BRO[INION]AS
Macalister/1945 275--276 reading only
Ziegler/1994 275--276 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up down
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 275: `on two edges (up-down)'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 275: `pocked'.
Date:400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 275--276: `worn and broken and the top of the stone is lost. It seems to have read BRO[INION]AS….this would just about fill the missing portion. 1I123 still remain'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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