Corpus Refs: | McManus/1991:viii |
Site: | ANSCL |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1989 Grifin, E.O. |
History: | McManus/1991, 72: `This stone now in the Heritage Centre (Lathair Oidhreachta) in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry, was discovered in 1989 embedded in the gable wall of an outhouse...near Annascaul...This stone is a classic example of a secondary appropriation damaging the final part of an inscription'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Heritage Centre Ballyferriter McManus/1991, 72: `This stone, now in the Heritage Centre (Lathair Oidhreachta) in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry'. |
Form: | Incomplete Information |
Condition: | frgmntry , some McManus/1991, 72: `The angle facing outwards was trimmed in the appropriation taking away the final part of the inscription. The opposite angle and the top of the stone are intact, however'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
McManus, R.A.S. (1991): | RETAGINMAQIDOV[U!][-- Expansion: RETAGIN MAQI DOV[U!][-- McManus/1991 72 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated McManus/1991, 72, makes clear that two angles of the stone, and the top were all inscribed. He leaves unclear the direction of the carvings. |
Incision: | incised |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 72, gives full discussion of the names, seeing the form RETA- as `clearly post-affection'. Also see McManus/1991, 88, 104, 120. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some McManus/1991, 72: `The opposite angle and the top of the stone are intact, however, and the reading on these is clear and beyond doubt'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |