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. |
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 |
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 |