SCATT/2

Corpus Refs:none
Site:SCATT
Discovery:recognised, 1997 Forsyth, K.
History:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112, states that this stone was first noted by Westropp in 1897 as having 'ogham-like' scores, but that it was overlooked by Macalister and later scholars. Okasha and Forsyth now argue that the stone does, in fact, carry ogham lettering.
Geology:
Dimensions:2.0 x 0.6 x 0.14 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001)
Setting:in struct
Location:on site
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112: `Near the inscribed slab, set against the west wall of the enclosure as a bench, is a large block of gritstone with `ogham-like scores'.
Form:plain
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112: `large block'.
Condition:complete , some
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112: `much battered'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


SCATT/2/1     Pictures

Readings

Okasha and Forsyth (1997):[--]N[--][.][--]
Expansion:
[--]N[--][S][--]
Expansion:
[--]N[--][N][--]
Okasha/Forsyth/2001 112 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112: `the inscription cut along the upper outer edge'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112, speaks of `neatly parallel strokes of equal length' for one of the remaining letters.
Legibility:poor
Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 112, makes clear that only 1 or two letters of this text can now be made out.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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