| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:13 |
| Site: | RCROG |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1864 Ferguson, S. |
| History: | Gippert/Web, Ogham 12: `The site was visited by Ferguson on the 30.9.1864 (PRIA 9, 1867, 161) who`observed' (for the first time?) two `inscriptions in the Ogham character' in the souterrain. According to him, the cave was surrounded by `the remains of a tumulus of about twenty yards in diameter' at that time...Today, the tumulus no longer exists, the entrance being hidden underneath the path mentioned (cp. photograph 9). If compared with Ferguson's description, the souterrain cannot be entered to the same extent as in his days now because it has filled up with mud (cp. photograph 6)'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 0.56 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 17, sites this inscription within the souterrain-style porch: `In the roof of small branch passage, on the right-hand side of a visitor entering the cave'. Gippert/Web, Ogham 13: `The present stone could not be identified when the cave was visited in 1978 and in 1996; most probably, this is due to the fact that the right-hand branch has filled up with mud'. |
| Form: | lintel |
| Condition: | complete , poor Macalister/1945, 17: `the top end of the stone is broken off...probably the work of the cave builders'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | QREGASMU[-- Expansion: QREGAS MU[-- Macalister/1945 17 minor reference |
| Orientation: | Not Applicable |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; separated |
| Incision: | inc. |
| Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 17: `The edge has been exposed to wear, from cattle or otherwise, before the stone was placed in the cave: the vowels are almost completely effaced'. Gippert/Web, Ogham 13: `The present stone could not be identified when the cave was visited in 1978 and in 1996; most probably, this is due to the fact that the right-hand branch has filled up with mud'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |