| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:203 |
| Site: | COOLM |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1838 Abell |
| History: | Gippert/Web, 197, states that the stone was discovered in 1838 in 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. Macalister/1945, 197: `used as a packing-stone above the main lintels'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 197: `grit'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.81 x 0.25 x 0.07 (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 , some Macalister/1945, 197: `the top is broken off and the sinister edge is battered away'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | MAQIDECEDAMAQ[-- Expansion: MAQI-DECEDA MAQI[-- Gippert/Web 203 reading only [Gippert 203] Macalister/1945 197 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | chiselled Macalister/1945, 197: `the scores are chiselled'. |
| Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 197: `The scores are chiselled with great neatness, in technique resembling those of Nos. II and III of the series [COOLM/2, and COOLM/3], and almost certainly the work of the same artificer'. |
| Legibility: | some |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |