KNOUR/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:110
Power/etal/1997:7993
Site:KNOUR
Discovery:first mentioned, 1856 Brash, R.R.
History:Macalister/1945, 111: `Brash describes a stone from this place'.

Power et al/1997, 171: `According to Brash (1879, 133), a stone `bearing a mutilated inscription' was found in 1856 in a burial ground...at Knockrour (in fact the site straddles two townlands, the other being Oughtihery)...The stone was lost shortly after its discovery and nothing is now known of its whereabouts'.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.33 x 0.33 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:Lost (present 1879, missing 1945)
Location:Recorded by Brash, not seen since,
Poweret al/1997, 171: `nothing is now known of its whereabouts'.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 111: `triangular in horizontal section, the three sides being, respectively, 1' 1", 1' 0" and 0' 10" broad'.
Condition:n/a , n/a
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


KNOUR/1/1

Readings

Brash, R.R. (1879):B[--]Q[--]HAGA[--]DL
Expansion:
B[--]Q[--]HAGA[--]DL
Macalister/1945 111 reading only
Power/etal/1997 171 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 111: `The inscription was in the centre of one of the angles'.
Incision:ind
Macalister/1945, 111, cites Brash describing the lettering as 'scores'.
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 111: `Brash gives scores which spell out

B..Q.....HAGA......DL

The first two letters look like remains of MAQI, but otherwise nothing can be made of this'.

Legibility:n/a
Macalister/1945, 111: `much worn'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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