CLBON/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:584
Site:CLBON
Discovery:first mentioned, 1949 Rotherham, C.
History:Macalister/1949, 33: `The late Mr. Crofton Rotherham sent me a rubbing of this stone, with the information that it was lying in the old graveyard of Clonbroney. I afterwards visited this place and sought for the stone, in vain'
Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:Lost (present , missing )
Location:unknown
Macalister/1949, 33, notes that he was unable to locate the stone: `it may, however, be in existence, for the graveyard is overgrown with weeds, and unless these could be completely rooted out it would be impossible to be certain that a search had missed nothing'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , inc
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; circular; none; none; other; decorated
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


CLBON/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):DOMAN | GORT
Expansion:
DOMANGORT
Macalister/1949 33 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:inc ; inc ; within quadrants ; separated
The inscription is running vertically downward within the two lower quadrants.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial D has an ascender which bends to the right over an open bow, the M has a flat top stroke with an elongated first ascender; the A is in the `OC' form. The second line is unclear, but the R appears to be in a majuscule form.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1949, 33, bases all comments upon an earlier rubbing, but his drawing shows only the top half of the letters on the second line.
Lines:2
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

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