Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:187 Macalister/1949:734 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J. |
History: | Macalister/1909, 36, records the stone as still on site. Macalister/1949, 57, records the stone as still on site. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.84 x 0.3 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 57, records the stone as still on site. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1909, 36: `A fragment of which part of the surface has been flaked away'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 36: `a cross of three lines, with the usual expansions...containing key-patterns'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~D Expansion: OROIT D(O) Macalister/1909 36 reading only Macalister/1949 57 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 800 - 899 (Petrie/1872) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial O has a contraction mark over it and tapers downward to a point; the R is majuscule and open bowed and the D has an ascender that bends to the left over an open bow. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |