| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:128 |
| Site: | CRGUL |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1945 Macalister, R.A.S. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 126--127: `A stone found in digging peat in a bog on this townland...The monument is now in the Museum of University College, Cork'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945,126: `yellow sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.6 x 0.23 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | University College Cork Macalister/1945, 127; `The monument is now in the Museum of University College, Cork'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 126: `in poor condition, worn and spalled'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | DOVETI[..]Q[.]LOCAREN ||| AS | C[..]IM[.]Q[.]CUL[I]D ||| OVI Expansion: DOVETI [MA]Q[I] LOCARENAS C[EL]I M[A]Q[I] CULIDOVI Macalister/1945 126--127 reading only Ziegler/1994 262 reading only |
| McManus, D. (1991): | DOVETI[MA]Q[I]LOCAREN ||| AS | C[ELI]M[A]Q[I]CUL[I]D ||| OVI Expansion: DOVETI [MA]Q[I] LOCARENAS C[ELI] M[A]Q[I] CUL[I]DOVI McManus/1991 65 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; inc ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 127: `on two edges (up-up) ... on the sinister angle ... [with] the last two letters ... on the top of the stone ... on the dexter edge ... the last three letters ... on top of the stone'. |
| Incision: | chiselled Macalister/1945, 126: `Inscription chiselled on two edges'. |
| Date: | 400 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) Ziegler/1994, 157, dates the form of the name CULIDOVI to this period. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 108, 109. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 126--127: `in poor condition, worn and spalled, but all legible with a little trouble....In the second word all but the Q is lost by spalling. The last two letters are on the top of the stone...The EL of the first word, the vowels of MAQI, and the first I of CULIDOVI are broken. The last three letters are on top of the stone'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |