Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Ballymorereagh 1 |
Site: | BLYGH |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 137: `The stone was recorded by Macalister as `lying on the window-sill' of the oratory Teampall Geal at Ballymorereagh ... It subsequently disappeared and was recorded as missing by Cuppage[/etal/1986, 270]'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.26 x 0.26 x 0.04 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
Location: | unknown Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 136: `The stone is now lost'. |
Form: | cross-slab Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 137: `The stone was a thin square slab'. |
Condition: | n/a , n/a Macalister/1949, 95: `the face of the stone is badly battered'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 95: `On one face is an equal-armed cross with expanding ends'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O || R | AR || TH Expansion: OR ARTH Macalister/1949 95 reading only |
Okasha and Forsyth (2001): | O || R | AR || TH [-- Expansion: OROIT AR TH[-- Translation: A prayer for Th[--] (PN). Okasha/Forsyth/2001 137 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Macalister/1949, 95: `In the cantons'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 137: `Macalister gave no indication as to the form of the script'. |
Legibility: | n/a Macalister/1949, 95: `The whole is so uncertain that I do not enumerate it in the series'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | yes |