BRHGW/1

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

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Inscriptions


BRHGW/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister. R.A.S. (1949):LONSECNAN
Expansion:
LONSECNAN
Macalister/1949 10, Plate I reading only

Notes

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

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