Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:948 |
Site: | CLONC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1891 inc |
History: | Macalister/1949, 115, credits W.J. Doherty with the first publication of this stone'. Hamlin/2001, 55: `In the earliest drawing I have come across the stone appear upside down [1897], while in 1915 it was loose in a hole in the west wall of the church'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.32 x 0.15 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 115, states that it is built `into the outer face of the west wall of the ruined church of Clonca, on the north side of the door'. Hamlin/2001, 55: `This stone is built into the exterior west wall of the ruined church, near the south-west corner, at Clonca in Inishowen'. |
Form: | Indeterminate |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1949, 116: `The masons have trimmed away both ends of the surviving lines and the greater part of the third'. Hamlin/2001, 55: `The inscription is damaged and incomplete, probably because of the stone's re-use as a building block'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | other Macalister/1949, 116: `representations of objects resembling a mallet and chisel'. Hamlin/2001, 55: `carving of a mason's tools above the inscription - a hammer and chisel'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | --]ANODUBDAGANDORI[-- | --]OGSODODOMNALLOR[-- | --]SUNN[-- Expansion: --]AN O DUBDAGAN DO RI[GNE--CL]OG SO DO DOMNALL O [R--]SUNN[-- Translation: --] o Dubdagain (PN) who made this stone for Domnall o R[..] (PN). Macalister/1949 116, pl. XLVI reading only |
Hamlin, A. (2001): | [--][A]NODUBDAGANDORI[--] | [--]SODODOMNALLOR[--] | [--] Expansion: [--]AN O DUBDAGAN DO RI[--] SO DO DOMNALL O R [-- Hamlin/2001 55 reading only |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | W ; ind ; n/a ; undivided |
Incision: | inc Macalister/1949, 116: `the design and the lettering are very rudely executed'. |
Date: | - (Macalister/1949) Macalister/1949, 116: `The design and the lettering are … doubtless of late date'. - (Hamlin/2001) Hamlin/2001, 55: `A medieval, rather than Early Christian, date is suggested by the carving of a mason's tools above the inscription'. |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1949, 116: `CLOG is meant for CLOCH'. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 116: `three lines of half-uncial lettering'. CISP: From Macalister's drawing it appears that the lettering has been carved with little attention to horizontality of lines or the verticality of letters. This having been said some letter-forms are of interest. Most of the A's are in the shape of a minuscule n with a short stroke off from the top right-hand corner. One A in line two has a sqare bow. Two of the Ds are open-bowed, two have a closed bow. In all four cases the ascender bends over the bow to the left. The one U is square, while the two Ls are curved in a fashion reminiscent of those at Lanrivoaré in Brittany [LRVOA/1]. The S is half-uncial, while the two Gs differ markedly. The example in line one is in the shape of a crescent moon, with the opening facing up, with a separate horizontal stroke above it. The inscription also has two different Rs; one majuscule the other half-uncial. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 116: `inscription in three lines...damaged and defaced'. Hamlin/2001, 55: `damaged and incomplete'. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |