Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:247 Macalister/1949:785 Petrie/1872:121 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 57: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 63 all record the stone as lost. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1822, missing 1899) |
Location: | Petrie/1872, 57, records that the stone was extant in 1822. Macalister/1899, 116, records that it was, by then, lost. Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 46, and Macalister/1949, 63 all record the stone as lost. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; round holl; angular; inner curv; ind; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 63: `Wheel latin cross with loops at the terminals in a rectangle'.
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Petrie, G. (1822): | DUNADA[CH] Expansion: DUNADA[CH] Macalister/1909 46 reading only Petrie/1872 56 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | DUNADA Expansion: DUNADA Macalister/1949 63 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 953 - 953 (Lionard/1961) Lionard/1961, 165, following Petrie/1872, 56, identifies the commemorand as Bishop Dunadhach of Clonmacnoise who died in AD 953. 953 - 954 (Petrie/1872) |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering in Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form, the Ds have ascenders which bend to the left over open bows and the N has a curved top-stroke. The U is also rounded. |
Legibility: | n/a |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |