| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:104 Macalister/1949:672 Petrie/1872:7 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 17: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnoise, in 1822. The stone which bears this inscription is not now to be found'. Macalister/1909, 21, states that the stone is 'not lost'. In Macalister/1949, 50 it is recorded as still on site. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.43 x 0.43 x 0.06 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor The right and bottom arms of the cross, the lower dexter quadrant and part of the upper dexter quadrant have all been broken away. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: inc; outline; straight; expanded; curved; none; inner curv; ind; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 21: `A Celtic cross with the arms curving into the stem without invecking, and having loops at the terminations'. Macalister/1949, 50: `Wheel cross with loops at the angles of the terminals'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | OR || D[O] | MAICH || TEC[H] Expansion: OROIT DO MAICHTECH Petrie/1872 17, Plate II reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | OR || D[.] || MAICH || TE[..] Expansion: OROIT D[O] MAICHTE[CH] Macalister/1909 21 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | OR || DO || MAICH || TE[..] Expansion: OROIT DO MAICHTE[CH] Macalister/1949 50 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in the two upper quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the E is three-pronged; the A is in the `OC' form and the R is open-bowed and majuscule. Some of the letters, especially the M and H have wedge-shaped finials. |
| Legibility: | some |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |