| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:298 |
| Site: | KNBOY |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1868 Brash, R.R. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 286, is not clear about when this stone was first identified. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 288: `slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.02 x 0.23 x 0.17 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | inc Macalister/1945, 288: ` ...lying loose in a corner of the church'. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 288: `A slate pillar'.
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| Condition: | complete , some Macalister's figures suggest that some of the stone has broken away. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 289: `A small plain cross is cut on the face between the third and fourth inscribed angles.' |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | VEDABARM ||| [.Q] ||| [--]LSM | MOCOIODR ||| [--]REA Expansion: VEDABAR M[A]Q[--]LSM MOCOI ODR[--]REA Macalister/1945 288 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 277 listing |
| Orientation: | mixed directions |
| Position: | many ; arris ; beside cross ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 288: `Inscription on four angles, grouped two and two, up-top-down'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) Based on linguistic analysis of the name `Vedabar' (Ziegler/1994, 243, zeitstufe II--III). |
| Language: | Incomplete Information (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 103, 104. |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 288--89: `The H-half of 1R gone: only three scores of the Q remaining. Room for the I of MAQI and seven more scores (H-scores and vowels only) : H-half of 2M gone---this letter, which is at the bottom of the second line, is, in any case, faintly scratched and doubtful. The third line of writing (MOCOI ODR) perfect: no vowel between the D and the R. Top of fourth line of writing chipped away---room for 14 scores (B-scores and vowels only).' |
| Legibility: | poor |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |