Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:9 Macalister/1945:151 |
Site: | BALIG |
Discovery: | recognised, 1782 Pelham, H. |
History: | According to Macalister/1945, 144, this stone was found `in an ancient burial-ground, callled Kilvickillane, on the shore of Smerwick Bay'. It was subsequently transferred in 1848 to Burnham, the seat of Lord Ventry, where it remains. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 147: `slate'. |
Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.23 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | other According to Macalister/1945, 145--147, this stone was found in an ancient burial-ground, callled Kilvickillane, on the shore of Smerwick Bay. It was subsequently transferred in 1848 to Burnham, the seat of Lord Ventry, where it remains. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 147: `...a broad angled rhombus in horizontal section'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 147: `The top of the stone is broken...'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | BROINIONAS Expansion: BROINIONAS Macalister/1897 29 reading only Macalister/1945 147 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only Ziegler/1994 264 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 147: `Inscription pocked on one angle, in good condition...'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 116. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 147: `good condition'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |