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