| Corpus Refs: | McManus/1991:v |
| Site: | GEARS |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1954 O'Kelly, M. |
| History: | McManus/1991, 70, `Found standing upright in a souterrain in the townland of Gearha South...The stone was not incorporated into the stonework of the walls of the structure, nor did it act as a support for the roof. It appears to have been smoothened in advance in preparation for the inscription which was executed in sharp shallow knife-cuts and is in good condition, owing in some measure to the protection from weathering afforded by its location. The final part, however, has been lost'. OSullivan/etal/1996, 232: `The ogham stone is now in C[ork] P[ublic] M[useum]'. |
| Geology: | OSullivan/etal/1996, 232: `shaly sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.45 x 0.3 x 0.12 (OSullivan/etal/1996) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | Cork Public Museum (Cat: L224) OSullivan/etal/1996, 232: `The ogham stone is now in C[ork] P[ublic] M[useum]'. |
| Form: | other OSullivan/etal/1996, 232: `slab'. |
| Condition: | inc , good Mcmanus/1991, 70: `It appears to have been smoothened in advance in preparation for the inscription'. OSullivan/etal/1996, 232: `the upper end was broken off in antiquity'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Kavanagh, S. (1954): | BRANADDOVMAMAQIQOLIMUCOIDOVI Expansion: BRANADDOV[INIA] MA[QI] MAQI[O]QOLI MUCOI DOVI[NIA] OKelly/Kavanagh/1954 50--53 reading only |
| McManus, D. (1991): | BRANADDOVMAMAQIQOLIMUCOIDOVI[-- Expansion: BRANADDOV MA[QI] MAQIQOLI MUCOI DOVI[NIAS] McManus/1991 70--71 reading only |
| OSullivan, A. (1996): | BRANADDOVMAMAQIQOLIMUCOIDOVI[V!-- Expansion: BRANADDOVMA MAQI QOLI MUCOI DOVI[V^S^N][-- OSullivan/etal/1996 232 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated OSullivan et al/1996, 232: `The inscription reads up the dexter angle'. |
| Incision: | incised McManus/1991, 70: `the inscription which was executed in sharp shallow knife-cuts'. OSullivan et al/1996, 232: `well spaced, narrow, knife-cut scores'. |
| Date: | 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 94, 117, 122. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Mcmanus/1991, 70: `in good condition, owing in some measure to the protection from weathering afforded by its location. The final part, however, has been lost'. OSullivan et al/1996, 232: `The last character present could also be N or S'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 105: `BRANADDOV (`raven' + `black').
For the element DOV- see Uhlich/1989.