Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:115 Power/etal/1997:7972 |
Site: | KNWEE |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1910 Cremin & Murphy |
History: | Macalister/1945, 112, 114: `In 1911 a souterrain was found in this townland with Oghams, indecipherable in their then position, on some of the lintels. Two years later the cave was dismantled, and the stones moved to University College Cork, where they now stand. Of the ten long stones used in the construction -- eight lintels and two supporting uprights -- six were found to be inscribed...[this stone was] the third lintel'. Power et al/1997, 169: `One of six ogham stones...used in the construction of souterrain (8910), discovered in 1910 and removed to UCC, where they remain.' |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 3.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 (Power/etal/1997) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | University College Cork |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 114: `The top is missing: and as the stone is fragile, it broke in two along the line of an old crack when being removed'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CULRIGAIMAQIMENUMAQ[-- Expansion: CULRIGAI MAQI MENUMAQ[I] Macalister/1945 114, & Fig. reading only Power/etal/1997 169 other reference |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | cut Macalister/1945, 114: `carelessly cut'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 116--117. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 114: `The R, G, slope the wrong way, and all the M's are at right angles to the stem line'. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 114: `it has proved difficult to arrive at complete certainity as to the reading'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |