KLGRO/1

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'.

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Readings

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

Notes

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

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