Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:238 OSullivan/etal/1996:919 |
Site: | LETER |
Discovery: | recognised, 1939 O'Neill |
History: | Macalister/1945, 232: `A fragment also found by Mr. O'Neill, Caherciveen, on or near the site of the now destroyed structure called Macrohan's Castle on this townland. It had probably been used for building material'. Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 244: `When first recorded by Macalister (1939a, 17), it was built into a stile a short distance S. of MacCrehin's Castle (1114)'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 232: `grit'. Suillivan/Sheehan/1996, 244: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.66 x 0.28 x 0.07 (Sullivan/Sheehan/1996) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | Kerry County Museum (Cat: L1992:29; CPM L286) Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 245 records it as being in Kerry County Museum. |
Form: | plain Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 244--245: `fragment of an ogham inscribed sandstone pillar'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , some Macalister/1945, 232: `broken at both ends'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | --]QNETN[O!][-- Expansion: --]QNETN[-- Macalister/1945 232 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 272 listing |
O'Sullivan, A. et al (1996): | --]QNETN[O!][-- Expansion: --]QNETN[-- OSullivan/etal/1996 245 concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 232: `pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 232--3: ` ...]MAQ NETN[... is possible, but cannot be certain. The reverse reading, which would give QVEQN, is even more hopeless'. O'Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 245: `The well-preserved ogham scores are deeply cut...Two vowel notches follow the last consonant but the edge of the stone is spalled off after this point'. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 232: `So far as the letters remain they are in good condition, but what is left is too fragmentary to convey any intelligible meaning'. O'Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 245: `well-preserved...deeply cut'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |