DRUML/8

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:279
Site:DRUML
Discovery:recognised, 1867 Williams, W.
History:Macalister/1945, 267--268, 275: `The fifth lining stone on the eastern side'.

Macalister also states that the stone was discovered, with the others, in 1867, but that it was not until 1936, when the souterrain was dismantled that the stones could be seen along their whole length.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 275: `conglomerate'.
Dimensions:1.07 x 0.46 x 0.24 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Macalister/1945, 267, implies that the stone remains on the site.
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 267, 275: `pillar-stone...a lozenge-shaped block of conglomerate'.
Condition:complete , good
Macalister/1945, 275: `in good condition, save for a slight fracture at the top, which has carried off a few easily-restored strokes'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


DRUML/8/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):DENAVEC ||| [AMU]COIMEDALO
Expansion:
DENAVEC[A] [MU]COI MEDALO
Macalister/1945 275 reading only
Ziegler/1994 276 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up down
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 275: `on two angles (up-down)'.
Incision:cut
Macalister/1945, 274: `cut'.
Date:400 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 104.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 275: `in good condition, save for a slight fracture at the top, which has carried off a few easily-restored strokes'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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