KLKEE/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:234
Site:KLKEE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1913 Delap, M.J.
History:Macalister/1945, 227, states that an M.J. Delap was the first recorder of the stone in 1913. Macalister also states that he had not seen the stone for the last 27 years.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 227: `reddish slate'.
Dimensions:0.99 x 0.36 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 227: `Wedged round with stones in a standing position on the top of a carn about 100' in diameter and 5' high, locally called Leacht Fhionáin, on the old road over the brow of Drung Hill to Caherciveen, and on the boundary between Kilkeehagh and Gleenesk townlands'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 227, talks of scaling on the stone.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

Macalister/1945, 227: `a modern cross is scratched upon the eastern face of the stone'.

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Inscriptions


KLKEE/1/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1918):MAQIR[O!][--][A!]
Expansion:
MAQI R[--
Macalister/1945 227 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 227: `Inscription on the angle turned toward the road'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 227, indicates that five letters are clear but that after the R there is `a single vowel notch...and possibly a second, after which everything is scaled away for 8.5'', and one vowel notch follows'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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