RUSHE/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:5
Site:RUSHE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1916 Lyons
History:
Geology:Macalister/1945: `Schist'.
Dimensions:1.26 x 0.43 x 0.33 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:plain
Macalister/1945, 8, suggests that a fracture across the stone's top, cutting off the inscription, was the result of deliberate action, `presumably by the masons who built the wall around the well'.

Condition:frgmntry , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


RUSHE/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ALATTOSMAQIBR[--
Expansion:
ALATTOS MAQI BR[--
Macalister/1945 7--8 concise discussion
Ziegler/1994 252 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:inc ; arris ; n/a ; inc
Incision:incised
Date:400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994)
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 94, 126.
Palaeography:none
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 8, suggests that the inscription was damaged by masons, resulting in the loss of characters. He suggests a solitary vowel notch survives on the downward side of the stone. This is indicated by an arrow in the accompanying illustration.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

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