BENBR/1

Corpus Refs:McManus/1991:xv
Site:BENBR
Discovery:first mentioned, 1991 Phelan, M.
History:McManus/1991, 75: `Found acting as a gate-post between Bennetsbridge and Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.56 x 0.51 x 0.26 (McManus/1991)
Setting:unattch
Location:other
McManus/1991, 75: `...this stone is now standing...beside the round tower in the graveyard at Tullaherin'.
Form:plain
Condition:inc , inc
McManus/1991, 75: `The face of the stone has been spalled away both at the top and the bottom removing any scores which might have been present here, and the arris on both sides is fractured and rugged'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


BENBR/1/1

Readings

McManus, D. (1991):--]D[--]T[-- ||| --]M[A!][--]C[--][R!][--][G!][--
Expansion:
--]D[--]T M[U]C[OI--][R][--][G!][--
McManus/1991 75 minor reference

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
McManus/1991, 75: `The face of the stone has been spalled away both at the top and bottom removing any scores which might have been present here, and the arris on both sides is fractured and rugged, making an accurate reading of vowels impossible. On the left angle 39 cms from the bottom and just above the lower spalled area a consonant D (reading upwards) can be read with certainty on this side. On the right-hand angle 66 cms from the bottom M and what might be a vowel score can be made out (again reading upwards) followed by a gap of 11 cms, then a C (originally MUCOI?). Then there follows another gap of 33 cms followed by what might have been an R, though the part of these scores on the face of the stone can only be made out clearly for the first. A further 13 cms above this there follow two scores, apparently of the M-series, i.e., G. There is little point in attempting to restore the inscription'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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