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 |
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 |
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 |