Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:99 Macalister/1949:668 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1909 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | First recorded in Macalister/1909, 20. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 50. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.79 x 0.47 x 0.04 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, 20: `much mutilated and worn'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; none; outer curv; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 20: `A Celtic cross of most peculiar type...It seems to have a three line margin, with small loops to the angles; but the panels in the cantons are open below in an unusual manner, and a small fragment of the dexter arm that remains seems to show that it was not shaped in the ordinary manner'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | ORDOAIN[.]EL Expansion: OROIT DO AIN[G]EL Macalister/1909 20 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ORDOAISSCEL Expansion: OROIT DO AISSCEL Macalister/1949 50 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; undivided |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial O appears to be open-topped; the R is majuscule and open and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The E appears to be three-pronged, with an elongated middle stroke. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1909, 20: `much scaled and injured, and no reading can be certain; the nearest I can get...can only be a suggestion'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |