GLOON/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:956
Site:GLOON
Discovery:first mentioned, 1934 Lowry-Corry, D.
History:Macalister/1949, 122, states that Lady Lowry-Corry first published this stone in 1934.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 122, states that the stone is at the top end of the sloping graveyard.
Form:Cramp shaft A
Macalister/1949, 122, identifies it as the shaft of a standing stone cross.
Condition:inc , poor
Macalister/1949, 122: `badly mutilated and defaced by weather wear'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:figural; incomplete data; other

Macalister/1949, 122: `once elaborately sculptured with figured and ornamental patterns'.

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Inscriptions


GLOON/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):DUBL | ITIR
Expansion:
DUBLITIR
Translation:
Dublitir (PN).
Macalister/1949 122 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:S ; inc ; n/a ; inc
Macalister/1949, 122: `The letters cover a space 5" high, 6" broad, at the dexter side of an area 5" x 9 1/2", at the bottom of the south side of the shaft'.
Incision:ind
Date:879 - 879 (Macalister/1949)
Macalister/1949, 122: `may be DUBLITIR, which was the name of an abbot of Clones, ob. A.D. 879 (Annals of Ulster). Clones is so close by, and there seems to have been some connexion between its monastery and Galloon'.
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Insular half-uncial of a squat and rounded variety. The D and B both have an open bow, with the D's ascender curving to the left over the bow. The L is also curved.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 122: `but the decipherment can never be certain [due to weathering]'.

Hamlin/2001, 60: `not now visible'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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