Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:544 |
Site: | BRHGW |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Ferguson, S. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.41 x 0.34 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, `This stone has been moved to a house called The Neale, near Ballinrobe, where it decorates the orchard wall'. |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister. R.A.S. (1949): | LONSECNAN Expansion: LONSECNAN Macalister/1949 10, Plate I reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1949, 10, notes the inscription on the exposed face of the stone. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The initial L has a wedge-shaped finial and the S is in the classic half-uncial form. The E is in the open uncial form with an extended central stroke. The three Ns are each quite angular with a flat top and an almost perpendicular join with the right ascender. They each aslo have a short extension to the left from the top of the left ascender. The two lines are not straight but are slightly curved. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |