| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:220 OSullivan/etal/1996:913 |
| Site: | DENAN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1939 Macalister, R.A.S. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 214, credits an article by himself in 1939 as the first publication of the stone, and states that the stone was `recently rescued by the Office of Public Works from its bed in the sand below tide-mark, and re-erected on the shore close by'. OSullivan et al/1996, Plate 63, shows the stone still standing at the site. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 214: `Sandstone grit'. |
| Dimensions: | 2.11 x 0.51 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 214: `re-erected on the shore close by'. OSullivan et al/1996, Plate 63, shows the stone still standing at the site. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ANMLLATIGNIMAQM[I]N[E]RCM[UCOI] ||| Q[--]CI Expansion: ANM LLATIGNI MAQ M[I]N[E]RC M[UCOI] Q[--]CI Macalister/1945 214--215 reading only Ziegler/1994 270 reading only |
| OSullivan, A. (1996): | ANML[L]AT[IG....]QM[...][R]C | [--] Expansion: ANML[L]AT[IG....]QM[...][R]C[--] OSullivan/etal/1996 242 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up along down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 214: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 500 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) See Ziegler/1994, 193, 207--208. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 107, 125. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 214--215: `The writing is much worn...The LL might be S, and it has been so read: it might even be V, as the first score is a little uncertain. II5 is gone with a spall, which has also destroyed the middle of the following G1. There is an A-like notch upon G1 where it crosses the line, but this is merely a freak of fracture. The following N is very faint, but traceable: the I which comes next is practically invisible, as is also the B-half of the M of MAQ. The A of this word is gone, but the Q is perfectly clear: there is no room for a final I. The vowels have to be supplied in the following word by the length of the interspaces as they are all worn away: of the consonants, the N is scarcely traceable, the H half of the R is visible, but the B half can only just be seen. The C is quite clear. There is no evidence of a following vowel. The B-surface of the dexter angle has been battered away, so that nothing of it is left but the H-half of the M (doubtless the initial of mucoi), the distal tips of a Q and a C, and perhaps one notch of the final vowel'. McManus/1991, 172, note 36, raises doubts about the reading of Macalister. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |