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'.
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Condition: | frgmntry , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ALATTOSMAQIBR[-- Expansion: ALATTOS MAQI BR[-- Macalister/1945 7--8 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 252 reading only |
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 |