Corpus Refs: | Cuppage/etal/1986:78 Macalister/1945:168 |
Site: | BDRE2 |
Discovery: | recognised, 1939 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 161: `Standing in a field'. Cuppage et al/1986, 44: `At the lowest and westernmost point of the ridge extending W from Flemingstown mountain, on level pastureland'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 161: `Grit'. |
Dimensions: | 2.13 x 1.07 x 0.56 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Cuppage et al/1986, 44: `At the lowest and westernmost point of the ridge extending W from Flemingstown mountain, on level pastureland'. |
Form: | plain Cuppage et al/1986, 44: `It is roughly rectangular both on plan and in elevation but decreases in thickness toward the top'. |
Condition: | complete , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | IRCCITOS Expansion: IRCCITOS Cuppage/etal/1986 44 reading only Macalister/1945 161 reading only Ziegler/1994 265 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | SE ; arris ; n/a ; undivided |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 161: `...inscription pocked'. |
Date: | 400 - 550 (Ziegler/1994) Ziegler/1994, 189. |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 108. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 161: `...much worn by cattle'. Cuppage et al/1986, 44, `Due to a combination of weathering, lichen growth and rubbing by animals, the inscription is faint and difficult to read, but Macalister's interpretation (1945, 161) appears to be correct'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |