Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:241 |
Site: | KLBON |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1871 Hitchcock, R. |
History: | Gippert/Web, Ogham 241: `The stone was found by R. Hitchcock...in the ruined church of Kilbonane, a townland located half way between Killarney and Killorglin and about 2 miles west of Beaufort Bridge...it was at that time covering a tomb `at the north side of the altar', although being `broken across in the middle'...in Aug. 1869, the vault in question was `immediately under the east window'. It was Brash who proposed to the Academy to fix the stone at the wall in order to prevent it from further damage. Afterwards, the stone was visited by Windele who did not publish anything about it, though. The stone has meanwhile (when? at least before CIIC [Macalister/1945] was published) been moved to the entrance of the Gap of Dunloe where it has been arranged with the Coolmagort stones...in a small enclosure, lying prostrate'. Macalister/1945, 235, states that it was `formerly lying in the chancel of the old church: now moved to Coolmagort and deposited inside the enclosure, where the stones from the cave of Dunloe [COOLM/1-COOLM/7] have been erected'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.91 x 0.41 x 0.18 (converted from Brash/1871) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | other Macalister/1945, 235: `now moved to Coolmagort and deposited inside the enclosure'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | B[...]AGNIMAQIADDILONA Expansion: B[AID]AGNI MAQI ADDILONA Macalister/1945 235 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | B[...]AGN[.][MAQ]IADD[I]L[O]NA Expansion: B[...]AGN[.] [MAQ]I ADD[I]L[O]NA McManus/1991 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 235: `Dexter angle'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 121. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 172, note 25: `The Kilbonane stone (241) presents a number of difficulties which MacNeil attempted to solve in his discussion ... Bergin rejected most of MacNeil's proposals including his explanation of ADDILONA, pointing out that *Saidliu is a phantom, the correct form of the name, in the genitive, being Saiglenn with -g- not -d-. The loss of an initial S on the inscription would be exceptional'.
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | NAG[.]N[.]MUCOBAIDANI Expansion: NAG[U]N[I] MUCO BAIDANI Macalister/1945 235 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | N[A]G[U]N[I]M[UC/QO]B[AI]D[A]N[--] Expansion: N[A]G[U]N[I] M[UC/QO] B[AI]D[A]N[-- McManus/1991 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 235: `Sinister angle'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 235: `NAG * N *, the asterisks representing now blank spaces, each 4" long. No definite traces remain, but these also must have held vowels'. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 235: `the vowels have practically all disappeared, and C1 is broken'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | NIR[...]MN[I]DAGNIESSICONIDDALA | AMITBAIDAGNI Expansion: NI R[ABA A]MNE DAGNI ESSI CONIDD ALA AMIT BAIDAGNI Translation: Let it not be thus he makes it, but let him compose it thus, Baidagni (PN). (Translation by E. MacNeil). Macalister/1945 236--237 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | AMITBAIDAGNI | NIR[...]MNIDAGNIESSICONIDDALA Expansion: AMIT BAIDAGNI NIR[...]MNIDAGNIESSICONIDDALA McManus/1991 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up up |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 237: `Face of stone'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1945, 237: `The only reasonable interpretation for this inscriptions so far offered is that of Prof. MacNeil (who reads the cryptical letters ABBA - Ni raba amne dagni essi conidd ala amit Baidagni: `let it not be thus he makes it, but let him compose it thus, `Baidagni''. McManus/1991, 172, note 25: `The Kilbonane stone (241) presents a number of difficulties which MacNeil attempted to solve in his discussion ... Bergin rejected most of MacNeil's proposals'. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 237, describes some of the strokes in the inscription as `short strokes being V-like zigzags turned sideways, the long stroke a similar W-like zigzag ... The only reasonable interpretation for this inscriptions so far offered is that of Prof. MacNeil (who reads the cryptical letters ABBA'. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |