| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:78 Macalister/1949:652 Petrie/1872:68 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1846 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 36: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1846'. Macalister/1899, 116, states that the stone was still at the site, but by Macalister/1909, 16, he records that the stone is now largely broken with only a fragment remaining. Macalister/1949, 48: `nothing now left but part of the initial L'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.43 x 0.58 x 0.03 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, 16: `only a single curve of the inscription remains'. Macalister/1949, 48: `nothing now left but part of the initial L'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; outer curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 16: `a cross quadrate, with square arm-ends connected by a double-line circle.' Macalister/1949, 48: `cross in a circle, with square expansions at centre and terminals'. |
| Petrie, G. (1846): | LATICEN Expansion: LATICEN Macalister/1909 16 reading only Macalister/1949 48 reading only Petrie/1872 36 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | L[......] Expansion: L[ATICEN] Macalister/1909 16 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; separated The inscription is above the cross and outside the margins. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription, as shown by Petrie/1872, fig. 36, is in half-uncial. The A is in the `OC' form and the E is three-pronged, with a slightly elongated middle-stroke. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 48: `nothing now left but part of the initial L'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |