| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:202 |
| Site: | COOLM |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1838 Abell |
| History: | Gippert/Web, 197, states that the stone was discovered in 1838 acting as one of the lintels of a souterrain, the so called `cave of Dunloe', situated `in the demesne of Dunloe Castle'. The site was first visited by `Mr. Abell, of Cork' who `on that occasion took copies of such of the inscriptions as were then accessible. After that, it was inspected by J. Windele `and a party of antiquaries from Cork'; Brash saw the spot in the autumn of 1869. The site was visited on (Sept.?) 15, 1884 by the members of the RSAI under the guidance of A. Hill. The group could not enter the souterrain to `read those portions of the Oghams on the upper edges of the stones which form the roof, and which have never yet been published'. A sketch of the arrangement of the lintel stones was produced, however, after the `careful measurement by Mr. Ringrose Atkins', at that time. Some time before 1945 the stones were arranged in a small enclosure near the entrance to the Gap of Dunloe, together with the stone from Kilbonane. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 196: `schist'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.35 x 0.24 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | on site Gippert/Web, 197, shows the stone on display in an enclosure at the site. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1945, 196: `mutilated by the loss of the top of the stone'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | NIOTTVRECCMAQI[-- ||| --]GNI Expansion: NIOTTVRECC MAQI [--]GNI Macalister/1945 196 reading only |
| Gippert, J. (1981): | NI[O]TTVR[E]CCMAQ[I][-- ||| --][G]N[-- Expansion: NI[O]TTVR[E]CC MAQ[I] [--][G]N[-- Gippert/Web 202 reading only [Gippert 202] |
| McManus, D. (1991): | NI[O]TTVR[E/I]CCMAQ[I][-- ||| --]GNI Expansion: NI[O]TTVR[E/I]CC MAQ[I] [--]GNI McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up along down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | chiselled Macalister/1945, 196: `chiselled'. |
| Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 196--197: `mutilated by the loss of the top of the stone ... In the first word the TT is badly spaced, giving it the appearance of DC, and the E is broken. So also are the final [four stroke of the] I'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |