CLMAC/31

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:38
Macalister/1949:627
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1899 Macalister, R.A.S.
History:Possibly first recorded as Macalister/1899, no. 130.

Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 46.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.36 x 0.25 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , poor
The stone is broken with the surviving portion perhaps less than half of the original.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; outline; straight; other; plain; angular; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 8: `a cross...in which the central cross line has become attentuated to a small crosslet in the centre, and short lines at the ends'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/31/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):AILGAL
Expansion:
AILGAL
Macalister/1909 8 reading only
Macalister/1949 46 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; below cross ; separated
The inscription is below the cross and outside the margins.
Incision:inc
Date:751 - 764 (Lionard/1961)

755 - 755 (Macalister/1949)
Language:name only (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial with the `OC' form of A. The final L has a wedge-shaped finial.
Legibility:some
The first letter is half lost, the rest of the inscription is clear.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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