| Corpus Refs: | Cuppage/etal/1986:873(2) Macalister/1945:194A |
| Site: | RTHDF |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1940 O'Sullivan, P. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 189: `At the last moment, as this volume goes to press, Mr. P. O'Sullivan, Derrygorman, reports to me the discovery of another ogham inscription in this graveyard. It was unearthed in repairing the underground structure of a grave, where it had been hidden out of sight'. Cuppage et al/1986, 336: `A 2nd ogham stone was discovered in the 1940's during the excavation of a new tomb (Macalister 1942, 76)'. |
| Geology: | Cuppage/etal/1986, 336: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.3 x 0.33 x 0.12 (Cuppage/etal/1986) |
| Setting: | on ground |
| Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 189: `It has now been placed above the grave'. Cuppage et al/1986, 336: `It now lies prostrate against the W end of a large tomb about 14m from the W wall of the graveyard'. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 189: `The stone is described as being of a red colour'. Cuppage et al/1986, 336: `It is a rectangular block of sandstone'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 189: `the top, however, is broken'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | LLONNOCCMAQQ[-- Expansion: LLONNOCC MAQQ[-- Macalister/1945 189 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | SONNOCCMAQQ[-- Expansion: SONNOCC MAQQ[-- Cuppage/etal/1986 336 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | LLONNOCCMAQQ[-- Expansion: LLONNOCC MAQQ[-- Cuppage/etal/1986 336 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | cut Macalister/1945, 189: `well cut scores'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 189: `In the rubbing from which this diagram was prepared, I read SONNOCC: but in a fine photograph which came into my hands afterwards by the kindness of Mr. P. O'Sullivan of Tonevane, it was clear that there is a differentiation, impossible to express in words, between the two pairs of scores: after seeing this photograph, I have no doubt that the lapidary meant to express a doubled-L'. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 189: `inscribed with well-cut scores in perfect condition...the upper part of the inscription is lost'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 123: `Macalister sees the hypocoristic suffix -óc, which is very common later, in 194a LLONNOCC .. But the name might equally contain later -ach (cp. 46 DERCMASOC [HLAND/1])'.