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Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:292
Site:KNBOY
Discovery:recognised, 1851 du Noyer, G.V.
History:Macalister/1945, 286: `Six ogham stones, discovered in 1851 by G. V. du Noyer, built into various parts of the wall of the...church.'
Geology:Macalister/1945, 286: `Greenstone'.
Dimensions:1.78 x 0.56 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 286: `The inner lintel of the north window, next to the east gable [of Seskinan church].'
Form:plain
Now used as a lintel but from the measurements clearly a pillar-stone.
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1945, 286: `The masons have treated most of them [the stones] very roughly, chipping them to suit their convenience...The B-surface [has] been chipped away.'
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

As the stone remains built into the wall several sides are not visible.

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):--]ER[.]T[.]M[.]C[..]NETAS[....]ONAS
Expansion:
--]ER[A]T[I] M[U]C[OI] NETA-S[EGAM]ONAS
Macalister/1945 286 concise discussion
Ziegler/1994 277 listing

Notes

Orientation:vertical up down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Macalister/1945, 286: `...on two angles (up-down) beginning on the right-hand edge, on the face turned toward the inside of the church.'
Incision:chiselled
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 286: `There is nothing remaining before the present initial E. The B-surface having been chipped away, the bracketed letters, as well as the B-half of the R, have disappeared.'
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 286: `...the inscriptions are very imperfect'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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