EMLGW/1

Corpus Refs:Cuppage/etal/1986:674
Macalister/1945:181
Site:EMLGW
Discovery:first mentioned, 1848 Windele, J.
History:Macalister/1945, 174: `It was found, according to Hitchcock's notes, in a souterrain on the townland, acting as a jamb-stone for the entrance'.

Cuppage/etal/1986, 223, states that the stone was first noted by in Windele/1848, and that the stone `formerly acted either as a lintel or as a jamb stone to a souterrain in a destroyed rath'. It now stands `against the W side of a N-S field wall in a field on the W side of the main Dingle to Lispole road, near the old Dingle railway station'.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.08 x 0.36 x 0.24 (Cuppage/etal/1986)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Cuppage/etal/1986, 223, It now stands `against the W side of a N-S field wall in a field on the W side of the main Dingle to Lispole road, near the old Dingle railway station'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Cuppage/etal/1986, 223: `The stone is broken beyond the Q and the remainder of the inscription is missing'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


EMLGW/1/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):TALAGNIMAQ[--
Expansion:
TALAGNI MAQ[--
Macalister/1945 174 reading only
Cuppage, J. et al. (1986):TALAGNIMAQ[--
Expansion:
TALAGNI MAQ[--
Cuppage/etal/1986 223 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):TALAGNIMA[.]
Expansion:
TALAGNI MA[C][--
Expansion:
TALAGNI MA[Q][--
McManus/1991 65 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 174: `The inscription is pocked'.
Date:366 - 433 (McManus/1991)
See McManus/1991, 93--94
400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994)
See Ziegler/1994, 234.
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 174: `The inscription...so far as it survives is in good condition'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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