GLOON/2

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:957
Site:GLOON
Discovery:first mentioned, 1934 Lowry-Corry, D.
History:Macalister/1949, 122, states that Lady Lowry-Corry first published this stone in 1934.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 122: `The graveyard is on a slope...[this stone is] at the bottom, just inside the entrance gate'.
Form:Cramp shaft A
Macalister/1949, 122, identifies it as the shaft of a standing stone cross.
Condition:inc , poor
Macalister/1949, 122: `badly mutilated and defaced by weather wear'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:figural; incomplete data; other

Macalister/1949, 122: `once elaborately sculptured with figured and ornamental patterns'.

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Inscriptions


GLOON/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):MAEL | CHIAR | AIN
Expansion:
MAELCHIARAIN
Macalister/1949 122 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:S ; inc ; n/a ; inc
Macalister/1949, 122: `The letters cover a space 4" high, 6" broad, also at the bottom of the south side of this shaft ; the whole breadth is 9"'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Insular half-uncial with 'OC' A, majuscule R, and an L with a slightly curved ascender.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 122: `but the decipherment can never be certain [due to weathering] ...The second may be MAELCHIARAIN, but this also cannot be given without much reserve'.

Hamlin/2001, 60: `not now visible'.

Lines:3
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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