LETWE/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:239
OSullivan/etal/1996:962
Site:LETWE
Discovery:first mentioned, 1945 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:O'Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 305, record it as being close to the SE corner of Calluragh Burial Ground.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 233: `Slate'.
Dimensions:1.19 x 0.17 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Form:plain
Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 305: `[The stone] inclines slightly to the South'.
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ANMGATT{X}GLAN
Expansion:
ANM GATTEGLAN
Macalister/1945 233 reading only
Ziegler/1994 272 listing
O'Sullivan, A. et al (1996):ANM[--]GLAN
Expansion:
ANM GATTEGLAN
OSullivan/etal/1996 305 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Macalister/1945, 233: `fine scores'.
Date:550 - 900 (Ziegler/1994)
Based on linguistic discussion of the name (Ziegler/1994, 182, zeitstufe III--IV). McManus/1991, 79, argues that the use of the X-forfid its vocalic value combined with ANM suggests a late date for this inscription.
Language:Goidelic (ogham)
Ling. Notes:See McManus/1991, 79--80, for a discussion of the use of the first forfid X as a vowel, and the use of ANM which combine to suggest the relatively late date of this stone.

McManus/1991, 118, also makes reference to this stone in the context of E for A in the composition vowel.

See Ziegler/1994, 128--129 for a discussion of ANM.

Palaeography:Macalister/1945, 233: `The E being indicated by the forfid'.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 233: `in fine scores and, on the whole, in good condition'.

Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 305: `Only the initial three and the final four characters are now clearly discernible. The inscription was executed in finely incised scores which are obscured on the stone's lichen-covered surface'.

Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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