MANGE/1

(Dallán Diarmada; Diarmait's pillar-stone)
Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:222
Site:MANGE
Discovery:first mentioned, Orpen, R.I.T.
History:Macalister/1945, 217: `Found on the slope of Mangerton Mountain, and now in Lord Dunraven's possession at Adare...It was known locally under the name Dallan Diarmada `Diarmait's pillar-stone', and according to tradition had been carried thither from a place called `The Priest's Leap'. These particulars are derived from letters signed by Mr. R.I.T. Orpen, of Ardtully, Kenmare, preserved among the Windele MSS; he wished to remove it to his residence, but was prevented by local opposition'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.93 x 0.01 x 0.01 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:other
Macalister/1945, 217: `now in Lord Dunraven's possession at Adare'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1945, 217: `It is broken in two pieces...a triangular fragment is lost at the fracture which has carried off the beginning of the inscription'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


MANGE/1/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):--][!O]NEGGN[I]
Expansion:
--.]NEGGNI
Macalister/1945 217 reading only

Notes

Orientation:Incomplete Information
Position:ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:inc
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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