MONAT/4

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:121
Site:MONAT
Discovery:in/on structure, 1872 Brash, R.R.
History:Macalister/1945, 116: `found in 1872, used as building material in the construction of an underground chamber in this townland'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.75 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:on ground
Location:on site
Macalister/1945, 119: `still lying in the farmyard of Monataggart'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , good
Macalister/1945, 119, states that when he last visited the site the stone was `completely covered with farm rubbish'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):VERGOSOMACILLOMINACCA
Expansion:
VERGOSO MACI LLOMINACCA
Macalister/1945 119 reading only
McManus/1991 96 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:550 - 900 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 85, 88, 89, 104, 116, 125.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 119: `minute characters'.
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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