Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:139 Macalister/1949:699 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | First recorded in Macalister/1909, 28. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.48 x 0.36 x 0.03 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; ind; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 28: `A fragment of a three-line cross with one arm-end remaining; it has a semi-circular terminal expansion showing a peculiar compromise between `voiding' and the key-pattern, not found elsewhere'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [O~]R~ || DOD[V][-- Expansion: [O]ROIT DO DV[-- Macalister/1909 28 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in one line running downwards through the two right-hand quadrants. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The fragmentary R appears majuscule and has a small piece of a contraction mark over it; the D's each have an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow, and the U is V-shaped with the two strokes each curving slightly outwards. |
Legibility: | some Only part of the R and part of the V survive, but the other letters are clear. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |