| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:107 Power/etal/1997:7963 |
| Site: | GLLOG |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1849 Crocker and Abell |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 108--109: `Windele, and following him Brash, state that this monument formed part of a `stone circle' gradually removed by the local peasants for building purposes. If this be correct, we must conclude that the circle was already in existence, and the inscription intruded upon one of the stones. There is reason to suspect such intrusions in the case of certain single standing pillar-stones, but there is no precedent for it in the case of a stone forming part of a composite megalithic monument. This particular stone was appropriated as a lintel for a pig-stye, where it was discovered by Crocker and Abell: removed in 1835 to the Royal Cork Institution, it is now in University College Cork'. Power et al/1997, 167: `Removed by antiquarian John Windele to collection of Royal Cork Institution having served time `as a lintel for the door of a pig-stye' (Windele 1849--51, 143); now in the collection of UCC. According to Windele's source, stone formed part of a stone circle in `Glenn-na-g-cloch' which `was not standing when I visited the place' (ibid.). No other record of a stone circle in Glenaglogh North or South; Hartnett (PJH) thought Windele's description `near the eastern foot of Muskerry Mountain' (ibid.) might locate site in former townland'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 109: `A fine-grained micaceous sandstone grit'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.85 x 0.27 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | University College Cork Macalister/1945, 109: `it is now in University College Cork'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CUNAGUSSOS{U}MA[..] | [--Q-- Expansion: CUNAGUSSOS MA[QI MUCOI-- Macalister/1945 109 reading only Power/etal/1997 167--168 minor reference |
| McManus, D. (1991): | CUNAGUSSOSMA[-- | --] Expansion: CUNAGUSSOS MA[- McManus/1991 65 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up down |
| Position: | ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | cut Macalister/1945, 109: `The first six letters are cut in fine lines: the remainder is boldly punched, evidently by someone (in ancient times) who endeavoured to strengthen the letters and to make them more prominent and permanent'. |
| Date: | 400 - 499 (McManus/1991) Dated to the fifth century on linguistic grounds, see linguistic notes (McManus/1991, 93--94). |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 93--94, lists this inscription as probably being one which shows `no trace whatsoever of vowel affection' and offers a fifth century date for the group. Also see pp. 85, 117. |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 109: `The first six letters are cut in fine lines: the remainder is boldly punched, evidently by someone (in ancient times) who endeavoured to strengthen the letters and to make them more prominent and permanent. He must have begun at the top and worked downward, tiring of the task when he had reached 1S. In this letter he has not re-worked the distal end of the second score, so that its fine tip remains to betray the hand of the meddler. Probably the same person, misled by some irregularity on the surface, interjected a meaningless U between the two words. The word MAQI was completed on the second angle of the broad face: the distal ends of the Q can be traced, 1' 3" down from the top of the stone. The rest of the inscription is fractured away: the disposition of the flake-scars suggests a following MUCOI, introducing an irrecoverable word, which ended about 3' 6" above the supporting block'. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 109: `The first six letters are cut in fine lines: the remainder is boldly punched, evidently by someone (in ancient times) who endeavoured to strengthen the letters and to make them more prominent and permanent. He must have begun at the top and worked downward, tiring of the task when he had reached 1S. In this letter he has not re-worked the distal end of the second score, so that its fine tip remains to betray the hand of the meddler. Probably the same person, misled by some irregularity on the surface, interjected a meaningless U between the two words. The word MAQI was completed on the second angle of the broad face: the distal ends of the Q can be traced, 1' 3" down from the top of the stone. The rest of the inscription is fractured away: the disposition of the flake-scars suggests a following MUCOI, introducing an irrecoverable word, which ended about 3' 6" above the supporting block'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 1 |
| Doubtful: | no |