KILCO/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:962
Site:KILCO
Discovery:first mentioned, 1879 Wakeman, W.
History:Macalister/1949, 125: `Wakeman [in 1879] reports that of twelve or fourteen inscribed stones formerly lying about on ecclesiastical ruins at this place, all but three were destroyed, unrecorded, by a contractor making a drain'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.8 x 0.37 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 125: `Still on the site'.
Form:name-slab
Condition:complete , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; expanded; round; curved; cruciform; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 125: `A Latin cross on one of the broad faces, having a lozenge shaped expansion in the centre and circular expansions at the terminals'.

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Inscriptions


KILCO/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):ORD~U || MAEL || CLU | CHI
Expansion:
OR[OIT] DU MAEL-CLUCHI
Macalister/1949 125 reading only
OSullivan/etal/1996 292 minor reference

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
Macalister/1949, 125: `Inscriptions running along the sinister side of the cross'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Insular half-uncial, but with quite angular letters. The M has a horizontal cross bar, the bow of the A is square, the U's are square-bottomed. The first L has a wedge-shaped finial on its ascender and the D appears to be a poor attempt at an open-bowed D with a heart-shaped bow. A contraction mark is placed above this D.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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