DEGAS/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:219
Site:DEGAS
Discovery:recognised, 1847 Windele, J.
History:Macalister/1945, 213, notes that the stone was first discovered in 1847 by Windele, and subsequently, 'having been first wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848, was completely broken up for metal by road-makers some 40 years later'.

OSullivan/1996, 57: `Windele...recorded that, several months before his visit to it in 1848, the standing stones had been undermined by `treasure-seekers' and toppled over the other...Brash visited the site in 1872, by which time...the ogham stone was damaged, and a large flake had been knocked off its inscribed angle'.

Geology:
Dimensions:3.05 x 1.07 x 0.86 (converted from Brash/1879)
Setting:Lost (present 1848, missing 1888)
Location:According to Macalister/1945, 213, this stone was completely destroyed by road-makers in this year.
Macalister/1945, 213: `The monument having been first wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848, was completely broken up for metal by road-makers some 40 years later'.
Form:plain
Condition:inc , inc
Macalister/1945, 213: `The monument having first been wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848, was completely broken up for metal by road-makers some 40 years later'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ANMCRUNANMAQLUQIN
Expansion:
ANM CRUNAN MAQ LUQIN
Macalister/1945 213 reading only
McManus/1991 96 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided
Incision:inc
Date:533 - 599 (McManus/1991)
See McManus/1991, 80, 96--97.
500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
See Ziegler/1994, 157, 200.
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:inc
Macalister/1945, 214, citing Windele and Brash, states that the lettering on the stone was `in the best condition and all quite distinct and well cut'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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