FKWOO/1

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

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):MAQIDECCEDDASAVITURANIAS
Expansion:
MAQI-DECCEDDAS AVI TURANIAS
Macalister/1945 70--72 reading only
McManus/1991 93 reading only

Notes

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

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