WHFLD/5

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:218A
OSullivan/etal/1996:921
Site:WHFLD
Discovery:first mentioned, 1853 The MacGillicuddy
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:1.35 x 0.58 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:Lost (present 1839, missing )
Location:Macalister/1945, 212--213, states that it was promised that the stone would be moved to safety in 1839, but that some time after it was described as `destroyed'.
Macalister/1945, 212: `Hitchcock saw in the kitchen of Macgillicuddy an Ogham-inscribed stone used as a hearth-stone: MacGillicuddy professed to know no more about it than that it had been placed there by one of his ancestors. According to Windele's notebook (12 K 29) he promised in 1839 to have it taken out and put in a place of safety: but in the margin there is added the word `destroyed'. Hitchcock gives dimensions (4'5" x 1' 11" x 0'9") and a drawing...But the stone must surely have been different from the other four from this place'.
Form:plain
Condition:incomplete , some
Macalister/1945, 212--213: `The ends were broken'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


WHFLD/5/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):QAM[--]ROMACULLO
Expansion:
QAM[--]ROMACULLO
Macalister/1945 212--213 reading only
Moore, F. (1981):QAM[--]ROMCULLO
Expansion:
QAM[--]ROMCULLO
OSullivan/etal/1996 245 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical indeterminate
Position:inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 212--213: `The ends were broken, and the letters badly defaced by footwear; especially on the H surface, as was natural. QAM...ROMACULLO is what Hitchcock's copy appears to spell, but obviously no importance can be attached to this'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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