| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:19 Macalister/1949:1053 Okasha/1993:1(i) |
| Site: | BISCV |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1700 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | According to Okasha/1993, 63, the stone was first recorded in 1700 by Lhwyd as `by the Alms-House at St Blasey', and that by 1838 it was at `the eastern end of the almshouse, close by the turnpike gate'. In 1867 Polsue recorded the stone as being used as a gatepost. Okasha also states that the stone was moved to its present location in 1896 by Rev. D. R. Vaughan. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1949, 183: '... very coarse grained friable granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 2.22 x 0.45 x 0.2 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | Biscovey; Moved to the churchyard of St Mary's church, Biscovey, by Rev. D. R. Vaughan in Sept. 1896.
This is the current location.
The inscribed surfaces face N and S. Okasha/1993, 63: `… in the churchyard of St. Mary's Church Biscovey … outside the priest's door, on the south side of the church'. |
| Form: | Cramp shaft B Macalister/1949, 183, `A cross-shaft'. Okasha/1993, 63: `...the stone is a cross-shaft'. Thomas/1994, 330: `shaft of 11th cent. high cross.'
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| Condition: | inc , poor Macalister/1949, 183, `The ornament and inscriptions... are in very poor condition...I did not venture to take a rubbing of the inscriptions, for fear of injuring the surface.' Okasha/1993, 63, `probably complete...Modern holes testify to its use as a gatepost'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | band; geometric ribbon interlace; geometric key pattern Macalister/1949, 183: `South Face: A blank panel, below which is a small panel with a plain fret. Underneath this, a panel...bearing the inscription...Underneath this again, a raised band, which encircles the whole cross-shaft... Eastern Face: A defaced panel, terminating below in two bands...Underneath this, a small panel with a simple knot, below which is the raised band above mentioned. Northern Face: A plain fret-pattern, formed by a band rather bolder than in the other panels: underneath it an inscription in two lines; underneath that again, a fret, founded upon a circle with diagonals. The fret is cut off abruptly by the inscribed panel, leaving two free ends - a rather unusual piece of bungling'.
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| Langdon, A.G. (1896): | +AL | RO | RON Expansion: + ALRORON Langdon/1896 370 reading only Macalister/1949 183 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | +[CI]L | RO | RON Expansion: + CILRORON Macalister/1949 183 substantial discussion Okasha/1993 66 substantial discussion |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | ALRORON Expansion: ALRORON Thomas/1994 330 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | S ; broad ; n/a ; panel |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 800 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 1000 - 1099 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 64: `...predominantly insular script'. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 63: `...slightly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ULCUI | +FILIVS Expansion: ULCUI + FILIUS Macalister/1949 183 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | [--] | [+F/ILI][--] Expansion: [--]+FILI[--] Translation: [--] son of [--]. Okasha/1993 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | N ; broad ; n/a ; panel Macalister/1949, 183: `Northern face...inscribed panel'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 800 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 65: `...script is uncertain'. |
| Legibility: | poor Okasha/1993, 64--66, `The text is probably complete, unless more letters are lost from a higher panel...It is highly deteriorated and its script is uncertain. ...The first line is completely illegible and two or three letters may be lost from the end of the second line. This text has always been less clear than text (i)'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |