KINET/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:188
Site:KINET
Discovery:first mentioned, 1849 Graves, C.
History:Macalister/1945, 182, cites C. Graves as the first recorder of the stone in 1849.

Cuppage et al/1986, 328, records the stone as now `set upright in the ground near the W side of the graveyard'.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 182: `pulvinar of grit'.
Dimensions:1.8 x 0.53 x 0.28 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:on site
Cuppage et al/1986, 328, records the stone as now `set upright in the ground near the W side of the graveyard'.
Form:cross-marked
Condition:complete , good
Macalister/1945, 182: `waterworn'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; angular; none; none; n/a
2: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; angular; none; none; n/a
3: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; angular; none; none; n/a
Decorations:

Macalister/1945, 182: `an equal armed cross with two similar crosses in the upper cantons, all in a square'.

Cuppage et al/1986, 328: `an unusual cross inscription consisting of a rectangular outline divided into four roughly equal parts, the upper quadrants being similarly subdivided'.

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KINET/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):MARIANI
Expansion:
MARIANI
Macalister/1945 182 reading only
McManus/1991 65 reading only
Swift/1997 91 reading only
Ziegler/1994 206 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; separated
Incision:inc
Date:400 - 499 (Swift/1997)

400 - 700 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 94.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 182: `in good condition'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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