Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:18 |
Site: | POMCK |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1868 Shearman, J. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 20--21, the stone's `existence has been known since about the middle of last century. The only record of it is a very rough sketch by Rev. J. Shearman ... In a note upon the sketch are the words, in Shearman's handwriting, "Fragments of an Ogham stone, formerly standing beside St. Marnock's well, near Malahide, Co. Dublin" and the date "June 8th, 1868." ... The stone was broken up some time after the above date, and the fragments dispersed, apparently for building material'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
Location: | unknown Macalister/1945, 21: `The stone was broken up ... apperently for building material'. |
Form: | Incomplete Information |
Condition: | n/a , n/a Macalister/1945, 21: `The stone was broken up some time after the above date [1868], and the fragments dispersed, apparently for building material'. |
Folklore: | Macalister/1945, 21: `A key-hole shaped opening in the sinister side of the drawing labelled `St Marnock's fingers''. |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | S[--]B[--]N[--]GL[-]T[--]DM[-- Expansion: [--] Macalister/1945 20--21 concise discussion |
Orientation: | Not Applicable |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; inc |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Incomplete Information (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | inc Macalister/1945, working from the sketch of Rev. J. Shearman, commented: `most of the marks indicated can be dismissed at once as meaningless scrapes: but there are a few which look more purposeful'. Nevertheless, Macalister concluded, `nothing can be made of this'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |