PARAR/2

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:242A
Site:PARAR
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 Pelham, H.
History:Macalister/1945, 238--239: `A stone noticed by Pelham lying in the N.W. corner of the church...Lady Chatterton saw and sketched the stone in 1838: by then it had been removed into the garden of the Lord Headley of that day...Hitchcock also saw the stone ... by his time it had been returned to the church, apparently after Lord Headley's death. He described it in his notebook as measuring 4' 3" x 0' 9 1/2" x 0' 7" ... It is evident that the stone is now missing'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.3 x 0.24 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:Lost (present 1883, missing 1945)
Location:Macalister/1945, 238--239, records the stone as damaged in 1883 and lost by his time.
Macalister/1945, 238--239, states that the stone was last recorded in a note in 1883-84, but that is `is now missing'.
Form:plain
Condition:n/a , n/a
Macalister/1945, 238, argues that the stone was broken between 1804 and 1838, and that further damage to the stone was noted in the 1880s.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


PARAR/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Chatterton, Lady (1838):GGVVSS
Expansion:
GGVVSS
Macalister/1945 237--239 substantial discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; inc
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Indeterminate (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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