Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:223 OSullivan/etal/1996:920 |
Site: | PRKLA |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1902 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1902, no. 113, seems to be the first record of this stone. Macalister/1945, 217: `Of unknown provenance; for long preserved in Bishop Graves' garden at Parknasilla and now...presented by the Great Southern Railway to the National Museum'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 217: `clay-slate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.08 x 0.3 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | National Museum of Ireland Macalister/1945, 217: `now...presented by the Great Southern Railway to the National Museum'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 217: `A pillae of clay-slate ... a flat rhombus in section'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 217: `occasional chips and...weather wear ... The top is fractured just after ... [the third stroke of the second T] and an injury to the inscribed edge has broken away [the first three strokes of the second I]'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ANMVINNAGITL{E}T[-- Expansion: ANM VINNAGITLET[-- Macalister/1945 217 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only OSullivan/etal/1996 245 minor reference |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 500 - 550 (McManus/1991) See McManus/1991, 79--80, 88--89. |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 217: `the forfid, which represents E'. McManus/1991, 79--80, concurs on the E-value of this forfid on this stone. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 217: `The lettering is injured'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |