GLNMO/1

Corpus Refs:Cuppage/etal/1986:805
Macalister/1945:182
Site:GLNMO
Discovery:in/on structure, 1945 O'Sullivan, P. J.
History:Macalister/1945, 175: `The stone is serving as the lintel of an outhouse doorway on the farm of Mr. T. O'Connor, where it was found by Mr. P. J. O'Sullivan'.

Cuppage et al/1986, 255: `This ogham stone lies on the grass-grown ruins of the out-house for which it formerly acted as a door lintel...Its original provenance is unknown'.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 174: `light coloured sandstone'.
Dimensions:1.26 x 0.39 x 0.13 (Cuppage/etal/1986)
Setting:on ground
Location:on site
Cuppage et al/1986, 255: `This ogham stone lies on the grass-grown ruins of the out-house for which it formerly acted as a door lintel...Its original provenance is unknown'.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 174: `A slab'.
Condition:inc , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):GANICCA
Expansion:
GANICCA
Macalister/1945 174 reading only
Cuppage, J. (1986):GANICCA
Expansion:
GANICCA
Cuppage/etal/1986 255 reading only
McManus, D. (1991):GANIC[CA]
Expansion:
GANIC[CA]
McManus/1991 66 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Cuppage et al/1986, 255: `one long angle bears a clearly legible ogham inscription'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 174: `pocked and rubbed'.
Date:None published
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 174--175: `rather short scores, neatly made...2C12 are broken'.

Cuppage et al/1986, 255: `The final A notch is unlike the other vowel notches and does not extend across the edge of the stone'.

McManus/1991, 66, queries the reading of the last two letters.

Legibility:good
Cuppage/etal/1986, 255: `clearly legible'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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