KNBOY/4

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:295
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:1.88 x 0.27 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Macalister/1945, 287: `The inner lintel of the south doorway'.
Form:plain
Now used as a lintel but from the measurements clearly a pillar-stone.
Condition:incomplete , poor
Macalister/1945, 286--287: `The masons have treated most of them [the stones] very roughly, chipping them to suit their convenience...B-surface nearly all chipped away.'
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

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

References


Inscriptions


KNBOY/4/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):Q[.]CC[...]M[.]C[...]R[.]E[......]
Expansion:
Q[E]CC[IAS] M[U]C[OI B]R[O]E[NIONAS]
Macalister/1945 287 reading only
Ziegler/1994 277 listing

Notes

Orientation:vertical up along down
Position:inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:scratched
Macalister/1945, 287: `Inscription faintly scratched rather than cut'.
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 287: `The first C is mutilated by a round hole have being pierced through the stone.'
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 287: `Inscription faintly scratched rather than cut'.

Most of the letters are illegible.

Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

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