| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:75 Macalister/1949:650 Petrie/1872:20 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 21, states that this stone `is no longer to be found'. However, Macalister/1909, 15, states that this `is not the case'. Macalister/1949, 48, records the stone as still on site. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.51 x 0.36 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1909, 15: `the upper part of the stone is fractured...Petrie...seems to have found this stone complete in 1822'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; bifid; plain; none; outer curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 15: `Two-line cross in a single-line circle; the terminations of the cross-arms project beyond the circle and diverge'. Petrie/1872, 21: `a form of cross - the cross within a circle - older than those that have hitherto occurred on the stones of the ninth century'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | RUADRI Expansion: RUADRI Macalister/1909 15 reading only Macalister/1949 48 reading only Petrie/1872 20 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; separated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 837 - 838 (Lionard/1961) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial R and the later R are both majuscule; the A is in the `OC' form and the ascender of the D is vertical with a wedge-shaped finial. |
| Legibility: | good The text is clear. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 160, identifies the Ruadri with either of the two Ruaidhri's above and dates the inscription to either AD 837 or 838.