Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | BLFOO |
Discovery: | recognised, 1992 Fisher, I. |
History: | Forsyth/1996, 94: `Though only a short distance away [from the other ogam at this site], the second ogham was not discovered until 1992 when Ian Fisher of the RCAHMS was carrying out further survey work on the cave'. Fisher/2001, 66: `recorded during the present survey'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | n/a |
Location: | earliest Forsyth/1996, 94: `...the left-hand wall of the cave'. Fisher/2001, 66: `The .. Inscription is 1.6m right of the first and its stem-line, which extends to the underside of an oblique overhang, is about 300mm long'. |
Form: | cave |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | [BL]UEDLA Expansion: [BL]UEDLA Forsyth/1996 97--99 reading only |
Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | [V]UEDLA Expansion: [V]UEDLA Forsyth/1996 97--99 concise discussion |
Fisher, I. (2001): | LUEDBH Expansion: LUEDBH Fisher/2001 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; other ; inc ; inc Forsyth/1996, 94: `...carved on the left-hand wall of the cave...about 11m...from the entrance gate'. Fisher/2001, 66: `[carved] 1.6m right of the first [BLFOO/1] and its stem line'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 500 - 799 (Forsyth/1996) Forsyth/1996, 99: `They could be as early as the Pool ogham (sixth century) or later than Dunadd (late eighth century?)'. |
Language: | Indeterminate (ogams) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Forsyth/1996, 97: `...its strokes and letters are more widely spaced, less carefully parallel and of a more varied length...less neat and compact than the first [BLFOO/1]'. |
Legibility: | poor Fisher/2001, 66: `It appears to be artificial, but several of the horizontal lines which abut or span it are probably natural cracks'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |