| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:5 |
| Site: | RUSHE |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1916 Lyons |
| History: | |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945: `Schist'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.26 x 0.43 x 0.33 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | inc |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 8, suggests that a fracture across the stone's top, cutting off the inscription, was the result of deliberate action, `presumably by the masons who built the wall around the well'.
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| Condition: | frgmntry , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ALATTOSMAQIBR[-- Expansion: ALATTOS MAQI BR[-- Macalister/1945 7--8 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 252 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; inc |
| Incision: | incised |
| Date: | 400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 94, 126. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 8, suggests that the inscription was damaged by masons, resulting in the loss of characters. He suggests a solitary vowel notch survives on the downward side of the stone. This is indicated by an arrow in the accompanying illustration. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |