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