Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | ATHLO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1978 O'Brien, G. |
History: | Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `Found by Mr. Gearoid O'Brien on 27 March 1978 and now in the Castle Museum, Athlone.' |
Geology: | Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.84 x 0.59 x 0.1 (Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | Castle Museum, Athlone Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `now in the Castle Museum, Athlone.' |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , some Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `a small fragment is missing from one side'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; other; square; cruciform; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | band; frame; geometric key pattern Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `It bears a ringed cross within a rectangular frame, the vertical measurment being only slightly greater than the horizontal. The cross has a square in the centre and the terminals are slightly expanded, square, and bear conventional foliage decoration. The arms of the cross have a fret pattern of interlocking T type. The ring is small, narrow and plain. The frame consists of a broad band of a continuous fret pattern of the interlocking L type.' |
Fanning, T. et al. (1980): | AILILLAUE | DUNCHATHO Expansion: AILILL AVE DUNCHATHO Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980 7 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `The inscription is in two horizontal lines above the panel'. |
Incision: | cut Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `clearly cut'. |
Date: | 764 - 764 (Fanning/ÓhÉailidhe/1980) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in a very pronouned 'OC' form and the I's, Ls, U's and D have wedge-shaped finials. The three Ls are all curved, the E is in the closed minuscule form and the Hs are also minuscule. The T is half-uncial with a curved ascender and a flat top stroke. The D has an open bow and a vertical ascender. The U's are made up of one vertical stroke and one curved stroke which joins it. The vertical stroke continues below the join with the curve. The N is minuscule. |
Legibility: | good Fanning/OhEailidhe/1980, 7, `clearly cut and complete'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |