Corpus Refs: | RCAHMW/1925:1051(iii) |
Site: | SISML |
Discovery: | inc, inc |
History: | |
Geology: | Edwards/forthcoming: `Sandstone, reddish (local)'. |
Dimensions: | 0.52 x 0.3 x 0.09 (Edwards/Forthcoming) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Scolton Manor (Cat: 1997 0104) Edwards/forthcoming: `Scolton Manor Museum, Spittal'. |
Form: | cross-marked Edwards/forthcoming: `Incomplete, upright cross-carved grave-marker with inscription...a smooth boulder, rounded on face C. It is rounded at the top and tapers gradually. Carved on A only. A: (broad) The surface has been dressed'. |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Edwards/forthcoming: `In two adjoining pieces, with a triangular chip missing on the left-hand side of A. The bottom is missing. Very worn'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; outer curv; none; n/a |
Decorations: | RCAHMW/1925, 374: `A worked stone bearing an equal-armed cross within a circle, the quadrants indented with deeply-cusped curves'. Edwards/forthcoming: `(a) An incised linear equal-arm ring cross, diam. 8.25" (21cm), with triangular shape sunk into each of the quadrants, punch marks clearly visible. (b) A series of punched symbols and letters. (i) Top: V shape with central vertical bar. (ii) Below: A cross with half-round ring at the top. (iii) Left: Capital V with triangular serifs. (iv) Right: Capital L with triangular serifs and a horizontal bar across the bottom. There are traces of further carving below, now broken away...The RCAHMW drawing of the stone is very inaccurate and this may have led Nash-Williams (ECMW) to reject it. However the cross is quite clearly of early medieval type'. |
Edwards, N. (1999): | {*} | V{*}L Expansion: alpha V omega L Edwards/forthcoming n/a concise discussion |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | ind ; broad ; below cross ; undivided |
Incision: | inc Edwards/forthcoming: `punched'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | celtic and latin (mixed) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Edwards/forthcoming: `(i) Top: V shape with central vertical bar. (ii) Below: A cross with half-round ring at the top. (iii) Left: Capital V with triangular serifs. (iv) Right: Capital L with triangular serifs and a horizontal bar across the bottom...The symbols (i) and (ii) may be interpreted as a misunderstood alpha and omega, both inverted. The form of the letters is paralleled on St. David's and St. Edren's. The significance of the V and L is unclear'. |
Legibility: | poor |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | yes |