| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:304 |
| Site: | CREHS |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1867 Williams, W. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 293: `It was discovered in 1867 by W.Williams of Dungarvan'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 293: `Sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.78 x 0.66 x 0.38 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 293: `As the stone is not easy to find, the following directions may be useful: - Go up the second field-road on the left-hand side of the main road from Carrick-on-Suir to Ballyquin, after passing Carrick Beg National School and some houses near. The stone is in a field on the left-hand side of the field road, where the latter makes an angle'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | incomplete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | VOCAGNI | MAQICUR[I]T Expansion: VOCAGNI MAQI CUR[I]T Macalister/1945 293 reading only Ziegler/1994 278 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | vertical up up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; inc ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 293: `Inscription pocked and rubbed on two angles (up-up) - the sinister being the first angle, as is remarkably frequent in this part of the country. The inscribed face is recessed by violent hammering to a depth of about 7 ins. behind its original surface, almost certainly to remove an earlier inscription'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 293: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | McManus/1991, 107. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 293: `The scores of the second name are faint, especially those of 3I: and the top of the stone is broken, carrying off the final vowel, which doubtless was there originally'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |