| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:118 |
| Site: | MONAT |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1872 Brash, R.R. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 116, 118: `found in 1872, used as building material in the construction of an underground chamber in this townland...the stone was taken out by the farmer, who made a gatepost of it -- drilling a hole through the top for this purpose. Covered with whitewash in this service it was discovered by Brash, who brought it to notice'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 2.21 x 0.43 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | National Museum, Ireland Macalister/1945, 116: `purchased by the Royal Irish Academy, and now in their collection in Dublin'. |
| Form: | megalith Macalister/1945, 116: `originally a bronze-age megalith'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1945, 116, describes the splitting off of the top of one of the faces of the stone. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 116, writes of a `simplified version of the chi-rho symbol' being cut on one of the faces. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | --][M][--][M][-- Expansion: --][MAQI][--][MUCOI][-- Macalister/1945 116--117 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 116: `nothing was left but the upper tips of the two M's'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | TENRENMONOIGDUQDEGGEV Expansion: VEQREQ MOQOI GLUNLEGGET Macalister/1945 117--118 reading only McManus/1991 52 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 550 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 96, 100, 104, 116, 120, 121. |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 117--118, shows that the B and H letters have been inverted. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |