RTHOD/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:195
Site:RTHOD
Discovery:in/on structure, 1853 Hitchcock, R.
History:Macalister/1945, 189--190: `In the small, and now erased fort which gave its name to this townland was a souterrain of which two lintel stones bore inscriptions. These were taken up and removed to the adjacent townland of Lougher, to serve the same purpose in modern buildings...This was discovered by Hitchcock in 1853 over the door of a cottage, and taken by him to Dublin for presentation to the R.I.A. Collection, where it now is'.

The first publication mentioned by Macalister is Graves (PRIA 1853, 401).

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:in struct
Location:R.I.A. Collection
Macalister/1945, 190: `R.I.A. Collection'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1945, 190: `The top of the stone is lost and with it the end of the second name'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):CURCIMAQIMUCOIV[!O][--
Expansion:
CURCI MAQI MUCOI V[--
Macalister/1945 190 reading only
McManus/1991 65 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 190: `followed by two vowel-notches just before the fracture'.

McManus/1991, 65, confirms Macalister's reading apart from the end which was covered by a bracket.

Legibility:some
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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