Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:66 |
Site: | FKWOO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1849 Windele, J. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 70--72, argues that this is a bronze-age megalith re-used for an ogham inscription, and notes that D. Murphy told Windele in 1849 that the stone continued another three feet into the ground. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 5.33 x 0.0 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 70--72, indicates that the stone remains in situ. |
Form: | megalith Macalister/1945, 71: `pillar-stone...a bronze-age megalith'. |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | MAQIDECCEDDASAVITURANIAS Expansion: MAQI-DECCEDDAS AVI TURANIAS Macalister/1945 70--72 reading only McManus/1991 93 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) 366 - 433 (McManus/1991) See McManus/1991, 93--94. |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 87, 108, 116, 126. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 71: `worn, though legible'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |