Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:88 Macalister/1949:657 Petrie/1872:99 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G. |
History: | The stone is first recorded in Petrie/1872, 49, and is recorded as still at the site in Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 17, and Macalister/1949, 49. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.72 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , some Some of the bottom of the stone has fractured away. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; inner curv; ind; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 17: `A quadrate Celtic cross with double-line margin, every intersection mitred. The carelessness of the engraver in setting out the central square is curious; the two dexter angles are treated differently from the sinister, and from each other'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | RON ||| AIN Expansion: RONAIN Macalister/1909 17 reading only Petrie/1872 49 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [R]ON ||| AIN Expansion: RONAIN Macalister/1909 17 reading only Macalister/1949 49 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; separated Macalister/1909, 17: `Inscription in two upper cantons'.
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Incision: | inc |
Date: | 759 - 844 (Lionard/1961) |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The A is in the `OC' form and the R is majuscule. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |