Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | MAINS |
Discovery: | inc, 1998 inc |
History: | Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, refers to a recent and unpublished find of a `large cross-marked stone from Mains of Afforsk, Aberdeenshire', inscribed with ogham. A photo of the stone is in Forsyth/1997, Plate 1, showing the stone as on the ground. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | inc Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, refers to a recent and unpublished find of a `large cross-marked stone from Mains of Afforsk, Aberdeenshire', inscribed with ogham. |
Form: | cross-slab Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, `large cross-marked stone'. |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; ind; ind; inc |
Decorations: | Forsyth/1997, Plate 1: `A prominent cross is carved on the upper surface'. Forsyth/1998, 61, note 89, refers to the stone as `cross marked'. |
Forsyth, K.S. (1997): | [--]NECTON[--] Expansion: [--]NECTON[--] Translation: [--] Necton (PN) [--] Forsyth/1997 Plate 1 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided Forsyth/1997, Plate 1: `The ogham runs along two opposite edges'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Incomplete Information (oghms) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | The photo in Forsyth/1997, Plate 1, shows the script as being scholastic ogham. |
Legibility: | some Forsyth/1997, Plate 1, shows the inscription as damaged but legible. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |