Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:130 |
Site: | CRNLO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1945 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 128--129: `Several standing stones are marked on the O.S. map on the lands of Crinnaloo, all of them now removed by a decree of the Board of Agriculture...But he also told me that these particular standing stones were not of genuine antiquity, but had all been erected in recent years to serve as scratching-posts, with one exception - a very tall stone in a ringfort called Lisagallaun. This had been broken into three pieces, two of which were preserved in the immediate vicinity of the farm buildings -- one lying in the farmyard itself, a slab...the other...serving as a gate-post to the haggard'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 129: `whinstone'. |
Dimensions: | 3.61 x 1.68 x 0.51 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 129: `[The stone is] broken into three pieces, two of which were preserved in the immediate vicinity of the farm buildings -- one lying in the farmyard itself...the other...serving as a gate-post to the haggard'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | frgmntry , some Macalister/1945, 129: `broken into three pieces'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | SECIDARI Expansion: SECIDARI Macalister/1945 129 reading only Ziegler/1994 251 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; inc ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 550 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 118. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 129: `There are traces of a very worn inscription on the dexter edge'. Ziegler/1994, 251: `unsicher'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |