Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:235 OSullivan/etal/1996:959 |
Site: | KLGRO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Graves, C. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 227--229: `This stone was moved in the early [eighteen] seventies from an ancient graveyard, to the garden of the Christian Brothers' Convent, Caherciveen, but was afterwards restored to its original site, where it now stands'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 229: `slate'. |
Dimensions: | 2.18 x 0.24 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site |
Form: | megalith |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; ind; n/a |
Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 229: `a cross is cut on the base of the stone'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ANM M{O}L{E}G{O}MRIDMACIV{E}CUM{E}N Expansion: ANM MOLEGOMRID MACI VECUMEN Macalister/1945 229 reading only McManus/1991 79 reading only OSullivan/etal/1996 300 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 247, 272 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 29: `pocked'. |
Date: | 550 - 900 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 229: `the vowels E and O are expressed by the forfeda'. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 229: `in good condition, but worn'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |