Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:210 |
Site: | PEEBL |
Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1261 inc |
History: | NMRS/NT24SE4.1, notes that Fordoun, writing in the middle of the 14th century...stated that on 9th May 1261 a `magnificent and venerable cross' probably of wood or metal was found, lying on a stone inscribed `locus sancti Nicolae episcopi'...Fordoun's account strongly suggests the stone may have been an Early Christian stone of the same type as the `Petrus' stone at Whithorn. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1261, missing ) |
Location: | RCAHMS/1967, 177: 'This stone has long since disappeared.' |
Form: | otherwise unclassified |
Condition: | inc , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Fordoun (1261): | LOCVS SANCTI NICOLAI EPISCOPI Expansion: LOCVS SANCTI NICOLAI EPISCOPI Translation: The place of Saint Nicholas (PN) the bishop. RCAHMS/1967 176--177 reading only |
Huebner, E. (1876): | LOCVS SANCTI NICHOLAI EPISCOPI Expansion: LOCUS SANCTI NICHOLAI EPISCOPI Huebner/1876 76 reading only |
Duncan, A.A.M. (1981): | LOCVS SANCTI NINIAVI Expansion: LOCVS SANCTI NINIAVI Duncan/1981 inc Incomplete Information Thomas/1992a 4 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | inc ; inc ; inc ; inc |
Incision: | |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Thomas/1992a, 4: `possibly in capitals'. |
Legibility: | n/a Thomas/1992a, 4: `the inscription could be read'. |
Lines: | |
Carving errors: | |
Doubtful: | no |
Nicholas is, however, a Biblical name, and thus could have been the name of a more local saint.