MAINS/1

Corpus Refs:none
Site:MAINS
Discovery:inc, 1998 inc
History:Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, refers to a recent and unpublished find of a `large cross-marked stone from Mains of Afforsk, Aberdeenshire', inscribed with ogham.

A photo of the stone is in Forsyth/1997, Plate 1, showing the stone as on the ground.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, refers to a recent and unpublished find of a `large cross-marked stone from Mains of Afforsk, Aberdeenshire', inscribed with ogham.
Form:cross-slab
Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, `large cross-marked stone'.
Condition:inc , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; ind; ind; inc
Decorations:

Forsyth/1997, Plate 1: `A prominent cross is carved on the upper surface'.

Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, refers to the stone as `cross marked'.

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Inscriptions


MAINS/1/1

Readings

Forsyth, K.S. (1997):[--]NECTON[--]
Expansion:
[--]NECTON[--]
Translation:
[--] Necton (PN) [--]
Forsyth/1997 Plate 1 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided
Forsyth/1997, Plate 1: `The ogham runs along two opposite edges'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (oghms)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:The photo in Forsyth/1997, Plate 1, shows the script as being scholastic ogham.
Legibility:some
Forsyth/1997, Plate 1, shows the inscription as damaged but legible.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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