Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | ATHLO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1979 O'Brien, G. et al. |
History: | Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `Discovered in the graveyeard on 21 April 1979 by Mr. Gearoid O'Brien and Miss Angela Hanley and now in the Castle Museum, Athlone'. |
Geology: | Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | unknown Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `now in the Castle Museum, Athlone'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , some Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `This is the upper half only of a sandstone slab'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | figural; geometric ribbon interlace; geometric spiral Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 9, `a sandstone slab bearing a richly decorated ringed cross. The cross has a square panel at the centre filled with interlace and rectangular expansions at the ends of lozenge-shaped arms. The three surviving arms are decorated with spirals comprising a series of linked triskeles. The three surviving rectangular expansions are all decorated with double band interlace. Outside the ring are the symbols of St. Mark and St. Luke, each holding a framed tablet or book, the winged lion on the left and winged calf on the right.' |
Fanning, T. et al. (1980): | OR || DO | [--] Expansion: OROIT DO [--] Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980 9 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow and the R is half-uncial in form. |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |