Corpus Refs: | Cuppage/etal/1986:268 Macalister/1945:178 |
Site: | COUME |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1838 Windele, J. et al. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 170: `This stone was lying prostrate on the summit of the promontory called Dunmore Head, when discovered by the Cork antiquaries Windele, Abell, and Horgan, in 1838; and was re-erected in the following year by a local priest, Rev. J. Casey'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 90: `stands upright on the summit of the headland'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 171: `grit'. |
Dimensions: | 2.0 x 0.45 x 0.3 (Cuppage/etal/1986) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Cuppage/etal/1986, 90: `stands upright on the summit of the headland'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , some Cuppage/etal/1986, 90, refer to damage not present when Macalister viewed the stone. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ERCMAQIMAQIERCIAS | MUDOVINIA Expansion: ERC MAQI MAQI-ERCIAS MU DOVINIA Macalister/1945 171 reading only |
Cuppage, J. et al. (1986): | ERCMAQIMAQIERCIAS | [..]DOVINI[.] Expansion: ERC MAQI MAQI-ERCIAS [MU] DOVINI[A] Cuppage/etal/1986 90 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | ERCMAQIMAQIERCIA[S] | [MU]DOVI[N]IA Expansion: ERC MAQI MAQI-ERCIA[S MU] DOVI[N]IA McManus/1991 66 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pock+rub Macalister/1945, 171: `pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 88, 95. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 171: `Though worn, quite legible'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 90: `The 2nd last word, as recorded by Macalister, is now unclear'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |