BALIG/4

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

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Readings

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

Notes

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

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