| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:110 Power/etal/1997:7993 |
| Site: | KNOUR |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1856 Brash, R.R. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 111: `Brash describes a stone from this place'. Power et al/1997, 171: `According to Brash (1879, 133), a stone `bearing a mutilated inscription' was found in 1856 in a burial ground...at Knockrour (in fact the site straddles two townlands, the other being Oughtihery)...The stone was lost shortly after its discovery and nothing is now known of its whereabouts'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.33 x 0.33 x 0.25 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1879, missing 1945) |
| Location: | Recorded by Brash, not seen since, Poweret al/1997, 171: `nothing is now known of its whereabouts'. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 111: `triangular in horizontal section, the three sides being, respectively, 1' 1", 1' 0" and 0' 10" broad'. |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Brash, R.R. (1879): | B[--]Q[--]HAGA[--]DL Expansion: B[--]Q[--]HAGA[--]DL Macalister/1945 111 reading only Power/etal/1997 171 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical indeterminate |
| Position: | ind ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 111: `The inscription was in the centre of one of the angles'. |
| Incision: | ind Macalister/1945, 111, cites Brash describing the lettering as 'scores'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Incomplete Information (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 111: `Brash gives scores which spell out B..Q.....HAGA......DL The first two letters look like remains of MAQI, but otherwise nothing can be made of this'.
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| Legibility: | n/a Macalister/1945, 111: `much worn'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |