KLGRV/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:286
Site:KLGRV
Discovery:first mentioned, 1857 Williams, W.
History:Macalister/1945, 280: `discovered in an ancient cemetery on this townland by William Williams of Dungarvan: now removed to Mount Melleray Abbey, where [it is]... cemented down horizontally'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 28: `greenstone'.
Dimensions:1.19 x 0.37 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:on ground
Location:other
Macalister/1945, 280: `now removed to Mount Melleray Abbey'.
Form:plain
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 281: `bottom broken off...top chipped'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[CU]NAMAQILUGUDECAMU ||| C[OI] ||| CUNEA
Expansion:
[CU]NAMAQI LUGUDECA MUC[OI] CUNEA
Macalister/1945 281--282 reading only
McManus/1991 66 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:McManus/1991, 89, 103, 116.
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 281: `The side scores show a tendency to slope, parallel with the M-scores'.
Legibility:good
Macalister/1945, 281: `Bottom broken off, and with it the opening letters...but otherwise in good condition…4C1 lost with the preceding vowels by the fracture of the top of the stone'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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