| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:213 Macalister/1949:754 Petrie/1872:14 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present , missing ) |
| Location: | unknown |
| Form: | fragment |
| Condition: | frgmntry , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; inner curv; tenon; n/a |
| Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 19: `This cross is interesting as containing the first example of ornamental detail in this collection. The existence of the triquetra knot might lead to the belief that it was work of the ninth or tenth century, although the general form of the cross resembles that commonly used in the eighth'. Macalister/1909, 43: `Celtic cross with intersections invecked, the base pointed and containing a triquetra. A circular ornament indefinitely drawn, in the middle of the cross'. Macalister/1949, 60: `Wheel cross, fitchée, a triquetra in the base'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ | DO | L{O} ||| AN~ Expansion: OROIT DO LOAN~ Macalister/1909 42 listing Macalister/1949 60 listing Petrie/1872 19, Plate V, Fig.14 concise discussion |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ | DO | LO~ ||| {A}N Expansion: OROIT DO LOAN Macalister/1909 43 listing |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The first two lines of the inscription occupy the space immediately above the terminal of the the top arm. The third line is split by this arm, and occupies the left and right upper quadrants of the cross. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The D and L appear to have wedge-shaped finials. The D also has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The L is curved, the R majuscule and the N minuscule. The A is uncial. |
| Legibility: | some |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |