Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:129 Macalister/1949:690 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | First recorded in Macalister/1909, 26. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 52. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.38 x 0.14 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | frgmntry , some Macalister/1949, 52: `Fragment of a slab'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 52, argues that the cross would originally have been one with a `circular expansion at the centre, semi-circular expansions at the ends'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | --]P[-- Expansion: --]P[-- Macalister/1909 26 reading only Macalister/1949 52 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | --]D[-- Expansion: --]D[-- Macalister/1909 26 reading only Macalister/1949 52 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant With only one letter surviving, and only a small fragment of the cross, the orientation of the stone is difficult to ascertain. It is most likely, however, that the inscription was slightly off horizontal. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The sole surviving letter is half-uncial and either an open-bowed P or D. The ascender, or descender, has a wedge-shaped finial at its end, as does the end of the curved stroke which makes the bow. |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1909, 26: `Of the inscription nothing remains but one letter which may be D or P'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |