Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:141 Macalister/1949:701 Petrie/1872:83 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 41: `This stone was found near St. Ciaran's well, at Clonmacnois'. Macalister/1909, 28: `This cross stands at the holy well of St. Ciaran, about a quarter of a mile down the Shannon from Clonmacnois'. Macalister/1949, 54: `Standing at St. Ciaran's well, about a quarter of a mile from the cemetery down the Shannon'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.66 x 0.26 x 0.13 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 54: `Standing at St. Ciaran's well, about a quarter of a mile from the cemetery down the Shannon'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 28: `the terminal expansions are...semicircular'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~DO || FECHTNACH Expansion: OROIT DO FECHTNACH Translation: Pray for Fechtnach (PN). Macalister/1909 28 reading only Macalister/1949 54 reading only Petrie/1872 41 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription runs vertically in one line through the two right-hand quadrants. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 786 - 786 (Petrie/1872) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial with an initial textual cross. The OR has a contraction mark over it, with an oval-shaped O (as is the 2nd example) and a majuscule R; the D has an ascender which bends to the left; the F is half-uncial and the E is closed. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |