PRKLA/1

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

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Readings

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

Notes

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

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