| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Oughtmama |
| Site: | OUGHT |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1893 Westropp, T.J. |
| History: | Sheehan/1982, 40, n. 73 states that J. Frost `writing in 1893 records that during a `recent' Board of Works operation on the site `several slabs'...were discovered in the largest church `while clearing away the soil which had accumulated in the interior''. Sheehan goes on to say that it was a note by T.J. Westropp in 1900 which stated that the slabs were inscribed. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 107: `In 1895 Westropp mentioned that there were `Several defaced tombs of early dtae' lying in the chancel of the west church at Oughtmama. One of these bore `a fragmentary Irish inscription'. ... Windele visited Oughtmama in September 1861 but made no mentioned of any inscribed stones ... In a later publication, Westropp noted that `several slabs, with defaced Irish inscriptions, lie in the chancel'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1900, missing 1982) |
| Location: | Sheehan/1982, 40, note 73, states that they were extant in 1900, but that a search by himself had failed to locate the stone. Sheehan/1982, 40, note 73, states that he failed to find the stone. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 107: `The stones are now lost'. |
| Form: | cross-slab Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 107: `No dimensions, descriptions nor illustrations of the stones have survived'. |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 107: `No dimensions, descriptions nor illustrations of the stones have survived'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Sheehan/1982, 40, note 73, quotes Frost's statement that the slab had a cross carved on it. |
| Westropp, T.J. (1900): | [--] Expansion: [--] Westropp/1900 130 minor reference |
| Orientation: | Not Applicable |
| Position: | n/a ; n/a ; n/a ; ind |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ind) |
| Ling. Notes: | Westropp/1900, 130: `Irish inscription'. |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 107: `The script used is not known'. |
| Legibility: | poor Westropp/1900, 130: `defaced'. |
| Lines: | |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |