Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:239 OSullivan/etal/1996:962 |
Site: | LETWE |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1945 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | O'Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 305, record it as being close to the SE corner of Calluragh Burial Ground. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 233: `Slate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.19 x 0.17 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest |
Form: | plain Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 305: `[The stone] inclines slightly to the South'. |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ANMGATT{X}GLAN Expansion: ANM GATTEGLAN Macalister/1945 233 reading only Ziegler/1994 272 listing |
O'Sullivan, A. et al (1996): | ANM[--]GLAN Expansion: ANM GATTEGLAN OSullivan/etal/1996 305 concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 233: `fine scores'. |
Date: | 550 - 900 (Ziegler/1994) Based on linguistic discussion of the name (Ziegler/1994, 182, zeitstufe III--IV). McManus/1991, 79, argues that the use of the X-forfid its vocalic value combined with ANM suggests a late date for this inscription. |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 79--80, for a discussion of the use of the first forfid X as a vowel, and the use of ANM which combine to suggest the relatively late date of this stone. McManus/1991, 118, also makes reference to this stone in the context of E for A in the composition vowel. See Ziegler/1994, 128--129 for a discussion of ANM. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 233: `The E being indicated by the forfid'. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 233: `in fine scores and, on the whole, in good condition'. Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 305: `Only the initial three and the final four characters are now clearly discernible. The inscription was executed in finely incised scores which are obscured on the stone's lichen-covered surface'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |