Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:108 |
Site: | KILTH |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1875 Brash, R.R. |
History: | Brash/1879, no. 163, records the stone as found in 1875. Macalister/1945, 109, states that it is one of two surviving standing stones of an original four'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 109: `slate'. |
Dimensions: | 1.93 x 0.43 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 109, states that it is one of two surviving standing stones of an original four'. Power/etal/1997, 168: `In sloping pasture, on N side of valley, within site of the burial ground'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 110: `the surface is much weathered and disintegrated'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | LUGUDUCMAQIMAQIOC ||| [--]CI[-- Expansion: LUGUDUC MAQI MAQIOC[--]CI[-- Macalister/1945 109--110 reading only McManus/1991 7 minor reference |
Orientation: | vertical up along down |
Position: | S ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 109: `The inscription is on the dexter angle of the southern face'. |
Incision: | chiselled Macalister/1945, 110: `the scores were chiselled'. |
Date: | 700 - 900 (Ziegler/1994) |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 103, 120. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 110: `much weathered and disintegrated'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |