| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:101 Macalister/1949:670 Petrie/1872:61 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 34: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 50. The stone seems to have been damaged between Petrie/1872, 34, and Macalister/1909, 20. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.61 x 0.46 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor Macalister/1909, 20: `the cross is now mutilated'. The sinister terminal and almost the entire shaft of the cross has been lost to damage. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; curved; none; inner curv; other; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 20: `Celtic cross defined by a double-line margin. The ends of the cross expand into triangular spaces with loops at the angles'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | O~R~ || DO | MA || EL | PA || TRIC Expansion: OROIT DO MAELPATRIC Translation: Pray for Maélpatric (PN). Petrie/1872 34 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ || DO || MA || ÉL || [..] || TRIC Expansion: OROIT DO MAÉL[PA]TRIC Macalister/1909 20 reading only Macalister/1949 50 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The R's are majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the first A is in the `OC' form; the E is three-pronged and has an accent over it. |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1909, 20, states that the `the inscription is now mutilated', and that some letters have `now completely gone'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |