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