KEENH/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:75
Site:KEENH
Discovery:recognised, 1906 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:Macalister/1945, 79, states that he found the stone in 1906.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 79: `slate'.
Dimensions:2.31 x 0.43 x 0.33 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 78--79; `This stone can be found by taking the road from Dunmanway to Togher. After crossing the bridge over the Bandon River the road forks: take the right hand branch, and the stone will then be seen at the inner end of the first field beyond the first cottage on the right-hand side of the road'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 79: `in a very worn condition'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ANMCASONI[MAQ]I[RODAGNI]
Expansion:
ANM CASONI [MAQ]I [RODAGNI]
Translation:
CISP: The inscription of Casonos(PN) son of Rodagnos (PN).
Macalister/1945 79 reading only
McManus/1991 95 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 79: `The inscription is on the dexter angle of the eastern face'.
Incision:pocked
Macalister/1945, 79: `pocked'.
Date:533 - 599 (McManus/1991)
McManus/1991, 95, 97: `middle or second half of the sixth century'.
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See Mcmanus/1991, 94--95, 120.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 79: `in a very worn condition'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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