Corpus Refs: | Cuppage/etal/1986:807(1) Macalister/1945:190 |
Site: | LUGUL |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1879 Brash, R.R. |
History: | |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 183: `pulvinar'. |
Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.41 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest The northernmost stone in the line of three on the site. It is 5' 3" from LUGUL/2 (Macalister/1945, 184). |
Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 183: `A pulvinar'. Cuppage et al/1986, 255: `A rounded boulder, measuring 0.8m high and 1.3m in circumference'. |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1902): | GOSSUCTTIAS Expansion: GOSSUCTTIAS Macalister/1945 183--184 reading only Ziegler/1994 268 listing |
Cuppage, J. (1986): | GOSSUCTTIAS Expansion: GOSSUCTTIAS Cuppage/etal/1986 255 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | GOSSUCTTIAS Expansion: GOSSUCTTIAS McManus/1991 65 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up along |
Position: | NW ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 184: `on the dexter side of the west face, and up to and just over the top'. |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 184: `pocked'. |
Date: | 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) Date based on linguistics of the name, Ziegler/1994, 185; zeitstufe II--III. 366 - 433 (McManus/1991) See McManus/1991, 93--94. |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 84, 108, 115, 121. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 184: `in good condition'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
McManus/1991, 115: `GOSSUCTTIAS (Gúasacht gen. Gúasachtae)'. Also see pp. 52, 65, 94.